num_pages: 176
description: In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647 the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history. Evolving from Oliver Cromwells New Model army in Parliaments struggle against King Charles I the Levellers pushed for the removal of corruption in parliament universal voting rights and religious toleration. This came to a head with the famous debates between the Levellers and Cromwell at St Marys church in Putney London. Renowned human-rights lawyer and author Geoffrey Robertson argues for the relevance of the Levellers stand today showing how they were the first Western radical democrats.
language: English
title: The Putney Debates
publisher: Verso