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The Levellers : radical political thought in the English Revolution / / Rachel Foxley



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Autore: Foxley Rachel Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Levellers : radical political thought in the English Revolution / / Rachel Foxley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013
New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [date of distribution not identified]
2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina: 942.062
Soggetto topico: Levellers
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660
Soggetto non controllato: English Civil War
English revolution
Levellers
Lilburne, John
New Model Army
Overton, Richard
Walwyn, William
radicalism
republicanism
toleration
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
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ISBN: 1-5261-1208-6
1-5261-1209-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910806256103321
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Serie: Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.