Putney Debates

Informationen zum Autor Philip Baker is a Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Metropolitan History. He has published a number of articles on the social and economic history of early modern London. Evolving from Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army in Parliament's struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption in parliament, universal voting rights and religious toleration. Geoffrey Robinson QC is founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers. He is the author of many books, including Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice and The Tyrannicide Brief . He is a Visiting Professor in Human Rights Law at Birkbeck College and Queen Mary, University of London. Klappentext The Levellers' 1647 argument for democracy conducted through debate with Oliver Cromwell, compiled by Philip Baker with an introduction from Geoffrey Robertson. Zusammenfassung The dramatic debates at the heart of the English Revolution

Product details

• Authors: The Levellers, The Levellers
• Assisted by: Philip Baker (Editor), Robertson Geoffrey (Introduction)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781788731416
• ISBN: 978-1-78873-141-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Revolutions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; England, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Political science & theory, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory, C 1600 To C 1700, Levellers; Oliver Cromwell; English Revolution; Radicalism