The Levellers [[electronic resource] ] : Radical political thought in the English Revolution

• Autore: Foxley Rachel
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Manchester University Press, 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LakePeter MiltonAnthony PeaceyJason GajdaAlexandra
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Levellers
• ISBN: 1-5261-1209-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910478926503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain MUP