Following the Levellers, Volume One: Political and Religious Radicals in the English Civil War and Revolution,...

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Following the Levellers, Volume One

Political and Religious Radicals in the English Civil War and Revolution, 1645–1649

Gary S. De Krey, Gary S. De Krey

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Palgrave Macmillan
18 January 2018

British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Military history; English Civil War; Demonstrations & protest movements

This book reinterprets the Leveller authorships of John Lilburne, Richard Overton and William Walwyn, and foregrounds the role of ordinary people in petitioning and protest during an era of civil war and revolution. The Levellers sought to restructure the state in 1647-49 around popular consent and liberty for conscience, especially in their Agreement of the People. Their following was not a ‘movement’ but largely a political response of the sects that had emerged in London’s rapidly growing peripheral neighbourhoods and in other localities in the 1640s. This study argues that the Levellers did not emerge as a separate political faction before October 1647, that they did not succeed in establishing extensive political organisation, and that the troop revolt of spring 1649 was not really a Leveller phenomenon. Addressing the contested interpretations of the Levellers throughout, this book also introduces Leveller history to non-specialist readers.

By: Gary S. De Krey, Gary S. De Krey
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2017 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 5.157kg
ISBN: 9781137268426
ISBN 10: 1137268425
Pages: 299
Publication Date: 18 January 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gary S. De Krey is Emeritus Professor of History at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA. A past president of the Midwest Conference on British Studies, he has published two books about London politics in the late Stuart era (1660-1714) as well as Restoration and Revolution in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

Reviews for Following the Levellers, Volume One: Political and Religious Radicals in the English Civil War and Revolution, 1645–1649

De Krey puts forward arguments which will be of interest to the Levellers' most devoted scholars. ... The detail and scope of Following the Levellers is extraordinary. It is as much a major study of 17th-century radical political and religious culture and identity as it is a re-evaluation of the Levellers per se. ... The [volume] is thoughtfully structured and the straightforwardness of the prose is effective. (Edward Legon, Parliamentary History, Vol. 38 (3), 2019)