Solemn League and Covenant
![Title page of the Solemn League and Covenant.](/Images/godic/202502/12/Solemn_League_and_Covenant5535.jpg")
![A 17thC playing card shows English Puritans taking the Covenant](/Images/godic/202502/12/English_Puritans_Taking_the_Covenant5535.jpg")
![Plaque marking the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant by Charles II.](/Images/godic/202502/12/King_Charles_II_plaque5535.jpg")
- "Covenant (Scotland)" redirects here; not to be confused with the Scottish 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. 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. General assent was obtained for the Solemn League and Covenant throughout Scotland and England by allowing the populace to sign it.