
The Leveller Revolution
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From the raucous streets of London and the clattering printers' workshops that stoked the uprising, to the rank and file of the New Model Army and the furious Putney debates where the Levellers argued with Oliver Cromwell for the future of English democracy, this story reasserts the revolutionary nature of the 1642-51 wars and the role of ordinary people in this pivotal moment in history.
In particular Rees places the Levellers at the centre of the debates of 1647 when the nation was gripped by the question of what to do with the defeated Charles I. Without the Levellers and Agitators' fortitude and well-organised opposition history may have avoided the regicide and missed its revolutionary moment. The legacy of the Levellers can be seen in the modern struggles for freedom and democracy across the world.
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- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: 'The Maddest Christmas That Ever I Saw'
- Chapter 2: The First Leveller, John Lilburne
- Chapter 3: London, the Great Leveller
- Chapter 4: Levelling by Print
- Chapter 5: Civil War
- Chapter 6: The War, the Church and the State
- Chapter 7: The Coming of the Levellers
- Chapter 8: Petitions and Prison
- Chapter 9: Agitators
- Chapter 10: Putney Church and Corkbush Field
- Chapter 11: Counterrevolution
- Chapter 12: Revolution
- Chapter 13: Defeat in Victory
- Chapter 14: Lieutenant Colonel John Rede's Last Stand
- Chapter 15: The Levellers and the English Revolution
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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