10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE LEVELLERS»
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the Levellers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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This collection of thirteen fully annotated Leveller writings, including their famous Agreements of the People, is important as a contribution not only to the understanding of the English civil wars, but also of democratic theory.
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The Putney debates:
the Levellers
In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history.
Geoffrey Robertson, Philip Baker, 2007
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The Putney Debates of 1647:
The Army,
the Levellers and
the ...
Examines the debates of 1647 between Cromwell and his officers about the future of England.
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The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in
the English ...
This book, the first full-length study of the Levellers for fifty years, offers a fresh analysis of the originality and character of Leveller thought.
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The Agreements of
the People,
the Levellers, and
the ...
This collection of essays, written by prominent scholars in the field, is the first book to explore the various Agreements in their constitutional, political and religious contexts, and examines how contemporaries and historians have ...
Philip Baker, Elliot Vernon, 2012
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The Levellers: Overton, Walwyn and Lilburne
The Levellers burst onto the historical, political and legal scene during the English Civil War of 1641-1646.
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Revolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises of Government
Apart from whatever light an exploration of this context might shed on the
meaning of the Levellers' political ideas, it is important to recognize that, even in
the absence of a direct defense of those ideas with respect to suffrage, the fact of
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Liberty and Property Preserved Against Republicans and ...
... and afterwards left them to be enjoy'd by their descendants. — Now all this is
very reasonable and comfortable, — Surely it is very right to divide property in
this manner : — Much better than to destroy it, as the levellers have done in
France.
Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England), 1793
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England Without a King, 1649-1660
The May mutiny was more serious than that in November 1647, but the Levellers
never won over anything like enough soldiers to stand a chance of success. Their
strength in a few regiments was enough to bring out Fairfax and Cromwell to ...
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"But
the People's Creatures":
The Philosophical Basis of
the ...
Levellers of tyranny It will be the contention of this chapter that the Levellers were
men who, like the Parliamentarians of 1642, accepted the 'ascending' theory of
politics, but who were led by an exploration of its implications into areas of both ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE LEVELLERS»
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Beat-Herder Festival announces final acts including The Levellers …
Beat-Herder Festival's ten year anniversary has announced its final wave of acts including The Levellers, Greg Wilson, Crazy P, Ralph Lawson and more. «DIY Magazine, May 15»
Happy Mondays, Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello and The …
... the 25th anniversary of their 1990 record 'Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches', while festival founders The Levellers who will close the show on the Sunday night. «Western Gazette, Mar 15»
Review: The Levellers at Warwick Art Centre
A couple of years shy of their 30th anniversary, The Levellers are a bona fide great British institution, as well as the humble, quirky sort of institution the nation ... «Coventry Telegraph, Mar 15»
Levellers reliving the highs
And now the Levellers are reliving the highs and the lows of their turbulent career as they take the film made about the band, A Curious Life, on a UK wide tour, ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Feb 15»
The Levellers to play Castell Roc
ANOTHER top name has been added to the list of stars scheduled to play in Chepstow this summer. The Levellers will play at Chepstow Castle on Bank Holiday ... «Free Press Series, Feb 15»
The Levellers to play in Canterbury
Legendary Folk-Rock band The Levellers will be coming to Canterbury this February for a very special concert. As well as a live acoustic performance at The ... «Canterbury Times, Jan 15»
The Levellers' career story to be shown at Warwick Arts Centre in …
The band - who have enjoyed a 27-year career - are set to be celebrated with 'A Curious Life', a film about their journey on the road of the music industry. «Coventry Telegraph, Jan 15»
Review: The Levellers at Portsmouth Guildhall
While the Levellers haven't had many chart toppers of late, it's safe to say the audience at Portsmouth Guildhall last night felt every song was a number one in its ... «Portsmouth News, Nov 14»
Levellers heading to Sheffield with Greatest Hits tour
The Levellers are, from left, bassist Jeremy Cunningham, drummer Charlie Heather, singer Mark Chadwick, Matt Savage on keyboards, guitarist Simon Friend ... «The Star, Nov 14»
Imelda May And The Levellers Team For Song
Recorded in the Levellers' Metway Studios in Brighton earlier this year, the video also features extensive live footage from their own Beautiful Days festival, ... «Noise11, Sep 14»
