What was the name of the 1647 manifesto presented to the Army Council during the Putney Debates, demanding voting rights for most adult men?

During the English Civil War, radical soldiers and Levellers challenged Cromwell's officers in a remarkable debate about democracy held in a Putney church. Their proposed constitution shocked the establishment of its day.

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