num_pages: 124
description: Evolvingfrom Oliver Cromwell s New Model army in Parliament s struggle againstKing Charles I the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption inparliament universal voting rights and religious toleration. This cameto a head with the famous debates between the Levellers and Cromwell atSt Mary s church in Putney London. Renowned human-rights lawyer andauthor Geoffrey Robertson argues for the relevance of the Levellers stand today showing how they were the first Western radical democrats.
language: English
title: The Levellers The Putney Debates
publisher: Verso