Following the Levellers, Volume Two: English Political and Religious Radicals from the Commonwealth to the Glorious Revolution, 1649-1688

by Gary S. De Krey

Book Overview

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 like John Lilburne, John Wildman, and Richard Overton, and their followers. Far from ending in the 1649 troop revolts, the Leveller impact continued in the Interregnum climacterics of 1653...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349957968
• ISBN13: 9781349957965
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"