John Lilburne and the Levellers (eBook, ePUB)

Reappraising the Roots of English Radicalism 400 Years On
Redaktion: Rees, John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317397557
• Artikelnr.: 49262371

Autorenporträt

John Rees is a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. His doctoral research was on the Levellers and he was the organiser of the John Lilburne 400 conference in 2015. His previous publications include: The Algebra of Revolution (1998); Imperialism and Resistance (2006); Timelines: A Political History of the Modern World (2012); and The People's History of London (with Lindsey German) (2012). He is a member of the editorial board of Counterfire and a co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: Introduction: John Lilburne, the
Levellers, and the English Revolution (John Rees) Chapter 2: John Lilburne
and the Citizenship of 'Free-born Englishmen' (Rachel Foxley) Chapter 3:
Lilburne, Toleration and the Civil State (Norah Carlin) Chapter 4: Women
and the Levellers: Elizabeth and John Lilburne and their associates (Ann
Hughes) Chapter 5: Lilburne and the law (Geoffrey Robertson) Chapter 6:
John Lilburne as a revolutionary leader (John Rees) Chapter 7: Print and
principles: John Lilburne, civil war radicalism and the Low Countries
(Jason Peacey) Chapter 8: The resurrection of John Lilburne, Quaker (Ariel
Hessayon) Chapter 9: Reborn John? The Eighteenth Century afterlife of John
Lilburne (Edward Vallance) Index