Season 8 · Episode 36
400 Many Thousand Citizens
The Levellers publish their first comprehensive programme of reform
The History of England · David Crowther
March 31, 202440m 49s
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Show Notes
The Levellers were not an organized, structured politial party or pressure group. They were a loose association of radicals who found they shared new ideas that sprang from their religious view, the chaos and freedoms of the time, and the possibility of change. In 1646 their first coherent petition hit the streets - The Remonstrance of Many Thousand Citizens
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