Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil WarThis book examines the literary, religious, and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects of the English Civil War. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern radical reformers, the issue of radical religion as a negotiating tool and the limits of radical liberal thought. |
Contents
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| 21 | |
John Warr the Levellers and John Locke | 57 |
Digger Radicalism Revisited | 107 |
The Delayed Radicalism of the Ranters | 155 |
Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 203 |
Index | 209 |
Back cover | 213 |
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Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil War Prasanta Chakravarty No preview available - 2015 |
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