the LevellersLev·el·lers, the /ˈlevələz $ -lərz/ noun [P] a religious and political group in England in the 17th century, which began during the English civil war, and demanded equal political rights and freedom of religion for everyone ...
SocialBackground After thedeathofCharlesI,therefollowedthesplitwithintherevolutionarycamp.(thepettybourgeoisie,representedbytheLevellersandthebourgeoisieandthepoorpeasants,representedbytheDiggers).Intheend,thebourgeoisiewonthevictoryandCromwellbecametheprotectoroftheEnglishCommonwealth.Restoration period:1660Charles...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Levelers Dictionary Thesaurus LevelersorLevellers,English Puritan sect active at the time of theEnglish civil war. The name was apparently applied to them in 1647, in derision of their beliefs in equality. The leader of the move...
The Levellers rejected history and law as presented by their contemporaries, holding instead to an "anti-Normanism" viewpoint.[197] John Lilburne, for example, argued that Magna Carta contained only some of the freedoms that had supposedly existed under the Anglo-Saxons before being crushed ...
LEVELLERS (Political movement)HISTORY of historiographyMARXIAN historiographyHISTORY of communismSEVENTEENTH centuryATTITUDE (Psychology)HISTORYThe article discusses the radical left-wing activists' historiographical attitudes, from the 1940s through the 1990s, towards the 17th century Diggers and the Levellers ...
Levellers平均主义者“thepooresthethatisinEnglandhathalifetoliveasthegreatesthe” “Libertycannotbeprovidedforinageneralsense.” TheordinarypeoplewhopreviouslyfoughtfortheParliamentwerenowdisappointed;theyfelttheywerebetrayed.ArevoltoftheLevellersbrokeoutandwasputdownbyCromwell. ...
Levellers Also found in:Thesaurus,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. Levellers (ˈlɛvələz) n (Historical Terms)the LevellersEnglish historya radical group on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War that advocated republicanism, freedom of worship, etc ...
Levellersandthebourgeoisieandthe poorpeasants,representedbythe Diggers).Intheend,thebourgeoisie wonthevictoryandCromwellbecame theprotectoroftheEnglish Commonwealth. Restorationperiod:1660CharlesIIand JamesII GloriousRevolution:1688William Againstthisbackdrop,theEnglish literatureofthisperiodwasverymuch concernedwiththe...
The 17th century 40's, the revolution finally erupt.Revolutionizes the main performance in two aspects: One, has the massive circulars and the booklet is printed and published by, each kind of group is specially belongs to the revolutionary camp left wing's levellers and digs sends to express...
Well I agree with Oliver. The only hope to heal the divisions of our nation is through democracy. The democracy of our Parliament, the democracy of our people and the democracy our ancestors have fought for from the Levellers to the Chartists and the suffragettes. ...