| Description |
1 online resource (269 pages) |
| Series |
Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP |
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Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP
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| Contents |
The Levellers: Radical political thought in the English Revolution; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on conventions; Introduction: Levellers and historians; Chapter 1: Consent and the origins of government ; Chapter 2: The appeal to the people ; Chapter 3: The laws of England and the 'free-born Englishman'; Chapter 4: Religion, politics, and conscience ; Chapter 5: Levellers and the army: England's freedom, soldiers' rights; Chapter 6: Levellers into republicans? ; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 received ideas about the Levellers as social contract theorists and Leveller thought as a mere radicalisation of parliamentarian thought, Foxley shows that the Levellers' originality lay in their subtle and unexpected combination of different strands within parliamentarianism. The book takes full accoun |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Levellers.
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Socialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
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Levellers
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Politics and government
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Socialism
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056893
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lake, Peter
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Milton, Anthony
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Peacey, Jason
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Gajda, Alexandra
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| ISBN |
9781526112095 |
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1526112094 |
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9781526112088 |
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1526112086 |
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