the LevellersLev·el·lers, the/ˈlevələz$-lərz/noun[P] a religious and political group in England in the 17th century, which began during the Englishcivil 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...
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 ...
Specifically, it demonstrates the role of the triad of features of critical open-mindedness — multiplicity of perspective, awareness of fallibility, and use of reason — in arguments promoting religious toleration and universal human rights, and also the rejection of violence, in 17th-century ...
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 ...
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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...
(thepetty bourgeoisie,representedbythe Levellersandthebourgeoisieandthe poorpeasants,representedbythe Diggers).Intheend,thebourgeoisie wonthevictoryandCromwellbecame theprotectoroftheEnglish Commonwealth. Restorationperiod:1660CharlesIIand JamesII GloriousRevolution:1688William Againstthisbackdrop,theEnglish literature...
Examines the influence of republican political theory on the 1640-49 writings of Levellers in Great Britain. Boundaries of 17th-century republicanism; Deba... Glover,S. - 《Past & Present》 被引量: 15发表: 1999年 Restoration Historians and the English Civil War This is a study of the histor...