Following the Levellers, Volume Two English Political and Religious
The Levellers sought to restructure the state in 1647-9 around popular consent and liberty for conscience, especially in their Agreement of the People. Following the Levellers, Volume Two examines the later political efforts of Leveller spokesmen li
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FOLLOWING THE LEVELLERS, English Political and Religious Radicals from the Commonwealth to the Glorious Revolution, 1649-1688 G A RY S . D E K R EY
Following the Levellers, Volume Two
Gary S. De Krey
Following the Levellers, Volume Two English Political and Religious Radicals from the Commonwealth to the Glorious Revolution, 1649–1688
Gary S. De Krey Department of History St. Olaf College Northfield, MN, USA
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For Catherine, who has survived much more than the Levellers
Contents
1 Introduction: Finding the Levellers and Their Successors
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2 The Levellers and the Commonwealth, 1649–1653 11 Introduction: Confrontation and Containment 11 Maintaining the Case for an Agreement and the Oxford Mutiny 13 The 1649 Treason Trial of John Lilburne 22 Sustaining the Leveller Ethos, 1649–1653 28 The Climacteric of 1653 and the Leveller Revival 36 Conclusion 47 3 Leveller Followers in London, the Army, and the Counties 61 Introduction: Finding Leveller Followers 61 The London Levellers and Their Milieu 63 The Army Levellers 75 The Levellers in the Counties 86 Conclusion 97 Appendix 3.1: London Levellers 107 Appendix
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