Argues that the Levellers were not a cohesive movement, but rather a political expression of London's growing sectarian population in the 1640s
Focuses on the Levellers as an urban phenomenon, situating both leaders and followers in their London milieu
Offers an extensive analysis of the social following of the Leveller writers of 1646-49, placing these ideas in the broader context of libertarian political and religious agitation

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Gary S. De Krey is Emeritus Professor of History at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA. A past president of the Midwest Conference on British Studies, he has published two books about London politics in the late Stuart era (1660-1714) as well as Restoration and Revolution in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION: THE LEVELLERS, THEIR FOLLOWERS, AND THE HISTORIANS.- CHAPTER TWO: LEVELLER CONTEXTS.- CHAPTER THREE: LEVELLER ORIGINS.- CHAPTER FOUR: THE EMERGENCE OF THE LEVELLERS , 1647.- CHAPTER FIVE: THE LEVELLERS AND THE AGREEEMENT, 1647-8.- CHAPTER SIX: THE LEVELLERS AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION, 1648-9.- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LEVELLER CHALLENGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH REGIME, 1649.- CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSION: THE ENDURANCE OF THE LEVELLERS.