The English Levellers
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Part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
- Editor: Andrew Sharp, University of Auckland
- Date Published: June 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521625111
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The Levellers were a crucial component of a radically democratic movement during the civil wars in seventeenth-century England. This was to be democratic at a time when the very idea of democracy conjured up nothing good; with its suggestion of anarchy and the 'levelling' of distinctions in rank and of property, even the holding of women in common. 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. The editor's introduction sets the Leveller ideas in their context and, together with a chronology, short biographies of the leading figures and a guide to further reading, will be of interest to students of the English civil wars, the history of political thought and the history of democratic ideas.
Read more- Spelling and punctuation have been modernised and explanatory notes are provided so texts are fully accessible to the modern reader
- No other such collection exists of Leveller writings (most are out of print)
- First reprinting of Lilburne's The Young Men's and Apprentices' Outcry and first readily available reprint of Overton's An Arrow Against all Tyrants
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- Date Published: June 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521625111
- length: 264 pages
- dimensions: 231 x 126 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.37kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: the English Levellers, 1645–1649
Chronological table
Bibliographical note
Notes on the texts
Leveller texts:
1. John Lilburne, 'On the 150th page': an untitled broadsheet of August 1645
2. William Walwyn, Toleration justified and persecution condemned, 29 January 1646
3. John Lilburne, Postscript to The freeman's freedom vindicated, 16 June 1646
4. Richard Overton with William Walwyn's collaboration, A remonstrance of many thousand citizens, 7 July 1646
5. Richard Overton, An arrow against all tyrants, 12 October 1646
6. William Walwyn, Gold tried in the fire, 4 June 1647
7. Several hands, An agreement of the people for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right and freedom, 28 October 1647
8. Members of the New Model Army and civilian Levellers, Extract from the debates at the General Council of the Army, Putney, 29 October 1647
9. John Lilburne and others, The petition of 11 September 1648
10. John Lilburne, England's new chains discovered, 26 February 1649
11. William Walwyn, and on behalf of John Lilburne, Thomas Prince and Richard Overton, A manifestation, 14 April 1649
12. John Lilburne, William Walwyn, Thomas Prince and Richard Overton, An agreement of the free people of England, 1 May 1649
13. John Lilburne, The young men's and the apprentices' outcry, 29 August 1649
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