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The World of the Ranters: Religious Radicalism in the English Revolution

Arthur Leslie Morton

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Description:The Ranters came into prominence after the defeat of the Levellers at Burford in 1649 had put a final end to the most serious political and military challenge to Cromwell from the left. With their direct appeal to the outcast urban poor, coupled with a flagrant and often blasphemous defiance of traditional Christian morality, the Ranter sect provide a striking illustration of the continuing radical political and theological opposition to the Cromwellian Commonwealth.This book contains the first full length study of this, the most radical of all the left-wing sects that flourished in the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. It also includes studies of outstanding Leveller leaders – like John Lilburne, Richard Overton and William Walwyn – as well as the first biographical portrait of the pamphleteer Laurence Clarkson, whose life provides a guide to virtually all the independent and radical sects of the period.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The World of the Ranters: Religious Radicalism in the English Revolution. To get started finding The World of the Ranters: Religious Radicalism in the English Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 224

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart

Release: 1970

ISBN: 0853152209

Description: The Ranters came into prominence after the defeat of the Levellers at Burford in 1649 had put a final end to the most serious political and military challenge to Cromwell from the left. With their direct appeal to the outcast urban poor, coupled with a flagrant and often blasphemous defiance of traditional Christian morality, the Ranter sect provide a striking illustration of the continuing radical political and theological opposition to the Cromwellian Commonwealth.This book contains the first full length study of this, the most radical of all the left-wing sects that flourished in the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. It also includes studies of outstanding Leveller leaders – like John Lilburne, Richard Overton and William Walwyn – as well as the first biographical portrait of the pamphleteer Laurence Clarkson, whose life provides a guide to virtually all the independent and radical sects of the period.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The World of the Ranters: Religious Radicalism in the English Revolution. To get started finding The World of the Ranters: Religious Radicalism in the English Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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