Foxley The Levellers

Radical political thought in the English Revolution
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1209-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foxley, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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