Rachel Foxley

The Levellers

Radical political thought in the English Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a fresh analysis of the originality and character of Leveller thought. Foxley challenges received ideas about the Levellers as social contract theorists and Leveller thought as a mere radicalization of parliamentarian thought. -- .

Produktdetails

• Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096600
• ISBN-10: 071909660X
• Artikelnr.: 41642169

Autorenporträt

Rachel Foxley is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Reading

Inhaltsangabe

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 Bibliography Index