Solemn League and Covenant

For the 1912 document, see Ulster Covenant. For the 1982 proposal, see English Covenant.
"Covenant (Scotland)" redirects here. Not to be confused with Scottish Covenant.
Title page of the Solemn League and Covenant.

The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War, a theatre of conflict in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. On 17 August 1643, the Church of Scotland (the Kirk) accepted it and on 25 September 1643 so did the English Parliament and the Westminster Assembly.[1]

  1. ^ "Solemn League and Covenant". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 August 2014.