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The Levellers

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Author : Rachel Foxley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526112086
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Levellers written by Rachel Foxley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 account of recent scholarship, and contributes to historical debates on the development of radical and republican politics in the civil war period, the nature of tolerationist thought, the significance of the Leveller movement and the extent of the Levellers’ influence in the ranks of the New Model Army.

The Leveller Revolution

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Author : John Rees
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784783897
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The Leveller Revolution written by John Rees and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men—including John Lilburne, Richard Overton and Thomas Rainsborough—and women who ensured victory and became an inspiration to republicans of many nations. From the raucous streets of London and the clattering printers’ workshops that stoked the uprising, to the rank and file of the New Model Army and the furious Putney debates where the Levellers argued with Oliver Cromwell for the future of English democracy, this story reasserts the revolutionary nature of the 1642–51 wars and the role of ordinary people in this pivotal moment in history. In particular Rees places the Levellers at the centre of the debates of 1647 when the nation was gripped by the question of what to do with the defeated Charles I. Without the Levellers and Agitators’ fortitude and well-organised opposition history may have avoided the regicide and missed its revolutionary moment. The legacy of the Levellers can be seen in the modern struggles for freedom and democracy across the world.

The Levellers and the English Revolution

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Author : Henry Noel Brailsford
Publisher : Spokesman Books
ISBN 13 : 9780851241548
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book The Levellers and the English Revolution written by Henry Noel Brailsford and published by Spokesman Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The English Levellers

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Author : Andrew Sharp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521625111
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book The English Levellers written by Andrew Sharp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of thirteen Leveller writings for students of the English civil wars and the history of political thought.

The Putney Debates

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Author : The Levellers
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788731417
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book The Putney Debates written by The Levellers and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history. Evolving from Oliver Cromwell’s New Model army in Parliament’s struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption in parliament, universal voting rights and religious toleration. This came to a head with the famous debates between the Levellers and Cromwell at St Mary's church in Putney, London. Renowned human-rights lawyer and author Geoffrey Robertson argues for the relevance of the Levellers' stand today, showing how they were the first Western radical democrats.

Diggers, Levellers, and Agrarian Capitalism

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Author : Geoff Kennedy
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739123744
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Diggers, Levellers, and Agrarian Capitalism written by Geoff Kennedy and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book situates the development of radical English political thought within the context of the specific nature of agrarian capitalism and the struggles that ensued around the nature of the state during the revolutionary decade of the 1640s. In the context of the emerging conceptions of the state and property - with attendant notions of accumulation, labor, and the common good - groups such as Levellers and Diggers developed distinctive forms of radical political thought not because they were progressive, forward thinkers, but because they were the most significant challengers of the newly constituted forms of political and economic power." "Drawing on recent reexaminations of the nature of agrarian capitalism and modernity in the early modern period, Geoff Kennedy argues that any interpretation of the political theory of this period must relate to the changing nature of social property relations and state power. The radical nature of early modern English political thought is therefore cast-in terms of its oppositional relationship to these novel forms of property and state power, rather than being conceived of as a formal break from discursive conventions."--BOOK JACKET.

'the True Levellers' Standard Advanced', 'the Law of Freedom' and Other Writings

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Author : Gerrard Winstanley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781492754879
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book 'the True Levellers' Standard Advanced', 'the Law of Freedom' and Other Writings written by Gerrard Winstanley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heady and exciting days of the English Revolution, the Diggers stand out for their radicalism, and their proposals to abolish money and private property, and to collectivize the land. Winstanley was an impassioned voice, arguing passionately against injustice and poverty with beguiling logic and a burning sense that society should be more egalitarian. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of political thought and theory. Winstanley stands in a long line of radical English thought which reaches back to Wat Tyler and the Peasants' Revolt and is seen today in the Occupy movement.

Dance Before the Storm

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Author : George Berger
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780753503355
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Dance Before the Storm written by George Berger and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1999-02-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charting the rise of The Levellers, from their inception in 1989, through to their emergence as forerunners of the New Age Traveller movement of the early 90s, the author tells the story of the band's quasi-hippy ideals, contrary folk music and belief in the power of rock 'n' roll.

Following the Levellers, Volume One

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Author : Gary S. De Krey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137268433
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Following the Levellers, Volume One written by Gary S. De Krey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reinterprets the Leveller authorships of John Lilburne, Richard Overton and William Walwyn, and foregrounds the role of ordinary people in petitioning and protest during an era of civil war and revolution. The Levellers sought to restructure the state in 1647-49 around popular consent and liberty for conscience, especially in their Agreement of the People. Their following was not a ‘movement’ but largely a political response of the sects that had emerged in London’s rapidly growing peripheral neighbourhoods and in other localities in the 1640s. This study argues that the Levellers did not emerge as a separate political faction before October 1647, that they did not succeed in establishing extensive political organisation, and that the troop revolt of spring 1649 was not really a Leveller phenomenon. Addressing the contested interpretations of the Levellers throughout, this book also introduces Leveller history to non-specialist readers.

The Great Leveler

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Author : Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691184313
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Great Leveler written by Walter Scheidel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that it never dies peacefully. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. The “Four Horsemen” of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent—and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.

John Lilburne and the Levellers

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Author : John Rees
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138926516
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book John Lilburne and the Levellers written by John Rees and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thie edited book assesses the legacy of Lilburne and the Levellers 400 years after his birth and features contributions by leading historians of the period as well as experts in law.

Britain's First Socialists

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Author : Fenner Brockway
Publisher : London ; New York : Quartet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's First Socialists written by Fenner Brockway and published by London ; New York : Quartet Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Putney Debates of 1647

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Author : Michael Mendle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521650151
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Putney Debates of 1647 written by Michael Mendle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the debates of 1647 between Cromwell and his officers about the future of England.

Johnny Pail Face Becomes a Human Being

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Author : John Jarvis
Publisher : Levellers Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Johnny Pail Face Becomes a Human Being written by John Jarvis and published by Levellers Press. This book was released on 2015-06-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography that spans almost a century, the book is the story of 97-year-old Johnny Pail Face, a Native American born on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. His life’s journey began in the Old West and led him to soldier in three wars and to not one but two brushes with genocide in a single lifetime. In the first, his Native American people were the victims. In the second, he fought with gun and bayonet alongside fellow G. I.s against Hitler’s war machine and came out the victor. The first genocide left him crazy with anger, the second crazy with despair. It took him two more wars to work things out. Through it all, he struggled against the demons of depression and alcoholism to ultimately find the best pieces of what it means to be a human being within himself and to make peace with a troubled world. Based on in-depth interviews and weaving in the oral tradition of Native American storytelling, Johnny Pail Face Becomes a Human Being was written over the span of several years. According to Jarvis, “This book records the life of a remarkable human being. It is a roadmap for how to persevere and to overcome that speaks to Native and non-Native American readers alike. It’s been more than a privilege…it has been an honor to capture Johnny’s story so that it will not become lost to a nation that often forgets some of the best lessons from its own past as it rushes toward the future.”

An Arrow Against All Tyrants

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Author : RICHARD. OVERTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912454570
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book An Arrow Against All Tyrants written by RICHARD. OVERTON and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1646, Richard Overton, a Leveller, penned a political pamphlet which asserted the inalienable rights of the individual, from his cell in Newgate Gaol. Reprinted here is Overton's bold, declamatory pamphlet, with an introduction by Ian Gadd, Professor of English Literature at Bath Spa University.

Pandemic Musings

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Author : Denis O'Neill
Publisher : Off the Common Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pandemic Musings written by Denis O'Neill and published by Off the Common Books. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Upon a Plague A musing man’s social media smoothie of progressive political commentary, limericks, name dropping, doggerel, insurrection, Irish literary legends, musical do-overs, nature observations, good trouble, bad Republicans, Throbbing Gristle, Yogi Berra, lost friends, Supreme Commanders, fishing wisdom, baseball, holiday magic, Moms, rare violins, orange gorgets, Civil War history, walk up music, 007. “Denis O’Neill uses his pandemic experience to reorder his internal life, making sense of what has happened to our country, and to him over his seventy-two years of life as an American in the world of strange contradictions that America has become.” Former Vermont Governor, Howard Dean

The Levellers in the English Revolution

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Author : G. E. Aylmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500750056
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Levellers in the English Revolution written by G. E. Aylmer and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: