Episode 104
104. Radicalism in the English Revolution 2: The Levellers -- Rachel Foxley
Everyday Anarchism · Graham Culbertson
October 25, 202358m 32sExplicit
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Show Notes
Emerging from both civilian and military backgrounds, the Levellers were a radical group who advocated for expanded voting rights and freedom of conscience and speech. Rachel Foxley, author of The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in the English Revolution, explains the Levellers' views, their relationship to Oliver Cromwell, their revolutionary methods, and how their ideas resonate with later radicals.