Overview
Explores the influence of Leveller ideas through the political and religious crises of the Interregnum and Restoration periods
Examines the later political efforts of Leveller spokesmen and their followers
Offers analysis of London, army, and county Levellers to reveal connections to subsequent outbursts of unrest
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About this book
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 and 1659-60, times of acute political and religious unsettlement. Indeed, Leveller ideas resurfaced in Restoration political and religious crises in 1678-83 and again in 1687-8 and flourished in populations that once followed the Levellers. Analysis of London, army, and county Levellers reveals connections to subsequent outbursts of unrest. Sectarian communities in London’s peripheral neighbourhoods and nearby counties sustained the Leveller ethos, and ordinary people like those who followed the Levellers remained active in petitioning and protest about political and religious liberties through the Glorious Revolution.
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About the author
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Following the Levellers, Volume Two
Book Subtitle: English Political and Religious Radicals from the Commonwealth to the Glorious Revolution, 1649–1688
Authors: Gary S. De Krey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95330-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95329-5Published: 15 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95796-5Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95330-1Published: 05 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 379
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Political History, History of Early Modern Europe, Social History