Following the Levellers, Volume Two

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

Auteur

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).

Contenu

Chapter One: Introduction: Finding the Levellers and their Successors.- Chapter Two: The Levellers and the Commonwealth, 1649-53.- Chapter Three: Leveller Followers in London, the Army, and the Counties.- Chapter Four: Leveller Successors and the Protectorate, 1654-9.- Chapter Five: Leveller Successors and the Climacteric of 1659-60.- Chapter Six: The Leveller Ethos and the Restoration.- Chapter Seven: Leveller Successors of the 1680s.- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Following the Levellers.