Cromwell and Communism - Socialism and Democracy in the Great English Revolution

Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the first beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims in the English revolution and subsequent civil war. The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. England up to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century 3. Early Years of Charles I’s Reign, and John Lilburne’s Youth and First Persecutions 4. Parliament and the Monarchy 5. Parliament and the National Army, and Presbyterians, Independents and Other Sects 6. The Levellers versus the ‘Gentlemen’ Independents 7. The Struggle for Democracy and the Levellers’ ‘Agreement of the People’ 8. Atheistic and Communistic Tendencies in the Levellers’ Movement 9. The ‘True’ Levellers and their Practical Communism 10. The Communistic Utopia of Gerard Winstanley 11. The Levellers’ Revolt in the Army, and Lilburne’s Last Years and Death 12. Historical Significance of Lilburne and the Levellers 13. Conspiracies and Religious Offshoots of the Popular Democratic Movement 14. Political Philosophy of the Seventeenth Century, and Hobbes and Harrington 15. Peter Cornelius Plockboy 16. The Quakers in the Seventeenth Century 17. John Bellers, Champion of the Poor and Advocate of a League of Nations

About the author

Eduard Bernstein

Product details

• Authors: Eduard Bernstein, Bernstein Eduard
• Assisted by: H.J. Stenning (Translation), Stenning H.J. (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032472201
• ISBN: 978-1-03-247220-1
• No. of pages: 286
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Revolution in England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, Sociology, Cultural Studies, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & cultural history, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, British & Irish history, Revolutionary groups & movements, Social and cultural history, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, Demonstrations & protest movements, C 1600 To C 1700, Revolutionary groups and movements