Revolutions: The Levellers The Putney Debates

Autor*innen

• Geoffrey Robertson
• Philip Baker

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• 124 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Historisches Thema
• Politik
• Politikwissenschaft
• Sachbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften

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Evolvingfrom Oliver Cromwell s New Model army in Parliament s struggle againstKing Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption inparliament, universal voting rights and religious toleration. This cameto a head with the famous debates between the Levellers and Cromwell atSt Mary s church in Putney, London. Renowned human-rights lawyer andauthor Geoffrey Robertson argues for the relevance of the Levellers stand today, showing how they were the first Western radical democrats.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Einband: Paperback