Season 8 · Episode 48
412 Levelers and Diggers
Levelers and True Levelers demand a new society
The History of England · David Crowther
July 28, 202437m 5s
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Show Notes
In April 1649 the new Commonwealth was under siege, enemies with and without. The Levelers saw the new Commonwealth as a betrayal of the revolution, and set out to raise rebellion against the Rump and the Grandees, to set soldiers against their officers and people against their parliament. Meanwhile, Gerald Winstanley started writing furious pamphelts, demanding social reform - and a True Leveling.
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