Rachel Foxley

The Levellers (eBook, ePUB)

Radical political thought in the English Revolution

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112088
• Artikelnr.: 48795258

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