The Levellers : radical political thought in the English Revolution /

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The Leveller movement of the 1640s campaigned for religious toleration and a radical remaking of politics in post-civil war England. This book, the first full-length study of the Levellers for fifty years, offers a fresh analysis of the originality and character of Leveller thought. Challenging rece...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foxley, Rachel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2013.
Series:Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
Subjects:
1642-1660
Levellers.
Niveleurs (Mouvement politique)
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Social History.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1642-1660 (Révolution puritaine)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Levellers and historians
  • 1. Consent and the origins of government
  • 2. The appeal to the people
  • 3. The laws of England and the 'free-born Englishman'
  • 4. Religion, politics and conscience
  • 5. Levellers and the army: England's freedom, soldiers' rights
  • 6. Levellers into republicans?
  • Conclusion.

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