The Putney Debates of 1647
Subtitle: The Army, the Levellers and the English State
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521650151
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1600 to c 1700; Freedom of religion; Debates and debating; Western Europe - General; History; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1649--Congresses; History / Great Britain; Congresses; Puritans; 1642-1649; 17th century; England; Politics and government
First sentence: By the middle of the twentieth century, the events at the centre of this volume, the debates of the army held at Putney late in October and on the first day of November 1647, became a fixture of the popular consciousness of the seventeenth century.