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The Levellers : radical political thought in the English Revolution
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foxley, Rachel, Author.
- Series:
- Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain.
- Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain The Levellers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Levellers.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1649.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offering 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Aug 8, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-581-X
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