Publication

1975 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, England

Language

English

Word Count

107,500 words, Guess

Page Count

430 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCDA405

Description

From the subtitle "Radical Ideas during the English Revolution", a classic work by a major English radical scholar of a modern view of the English Revolution. The history of the rise of English Dissenters both political and religious pre-Civil War (1641) to the Restoration (1660). A discussion of the underlying social, economic, political, and religious influences of the period. An in depth discussion of the various individuals,the radical groups, and their writtings that were attempting to influence the political and social structure of the country, and a rising middle class. A well researched and footnotes work with an interesting Conclusion for modern scholars, and historians to discuss, and review on one of the major periods in English and Western History. A must read for any scholar of the period.

Subjects

People

Quakers (group)Ranters (group)Diggers (group)King of EnglandLevellers (group)Familists (group)Charles I (1600-49)

Times

Other Editions

  • The world turned upside down: radical ideas during the English revolutionPenguin1975-01-01

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