The signing of the National Covenant at Greyfriars Kirkyard on 28 February 1638 was the founding constitutional act of the Covenanting movement. Thousands signed it in Edinburgh and copies circulated across Scotland gathering further signatures. The Covenant was both a religious document defending Presbyterian church government and a constitutional one asserting Scottish rights. It created the legal and moral framework for the Bishops Wars.
Scottish nobles, gentry, clergy and commons signing in mass ceremony
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