Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution against the absolute monarchy of Charles I. It looks at the economic and social conditions prevailing at the time, the first beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims of the Parliamentarian side in the revolution and subsequent civil war. The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.
By:
Eduard Bernstein
Translated by:
H.J. Stenning
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 694g
ISBN: 9781032472201
ISBN 10: 1032472200
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Revolution in England
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 17 April 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Adult education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction 2. England up to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century 3. Early Years of Charles I’s Reign, and John Lilburne’s Youth and First Persecutions 4. Parliament and the Monarchy 5. Parliament and the National Army, and Presbyterians, Independents and Other Sects 6. The Levellers versus the ‘Gentlemen’ Independents 7. The Struggle for Democracy and the Levellers’ ‘Agreement of the People’ 8. Atheistic and Communistic Tendencies in the Levellers’ Movement 9. The ‘True’ Levellers and their Practical Communism 10. The Communistic Utopia of Gerard Winstanley 11. The Levellers’ Revolt in the Army, and Lilburne’s Last Years and Death 12. Historical Significance of Lilburne and the Levellers 13. Conspiracies and Religious Offshoots of the Popular Democratic Movement 14. Political Philosophy of the Seventeenth Century, and Hobbes and Harrington 15. Peter Cornelius Plockboy 16. The Quakers in the Seventeenth Century 17. John Bellers, Champion of the Poor and Advocate of a League of Nations
