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The Levellers were an important political and religious movement in [[England|England]] (1647-1649) at the time of Cromwell, which, obviously influenced by [[Anabaptism|Anabaptism]], demanded absolute civil and religious liberty and the complete separation of church and state, but which finally degenerated into a passionate attack on the state and was therefore gradually suppressed. [[Plockhoy, Pieter Cornelisz (1620?-1700?)|Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy]]<em> </em>was associated with the Levellers. | The Levellers were an important political and religious movement in [[England|England]] (1647-1649) at the time of Cromwell, which, obviously influenced by [[Anabaptism|Anabaptism]], demanded absolute civil and religious liberty and the complete separation of church and state, but which finally degenerated into a passionate attack on the state and was therefore gradually suppressed. [[Plockhoy, Pieter Cornelisz (1620?-1700?)|Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy]]<em> </em>was associated with the Levellers. | ||
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Bernstein, Eduard. <em>Cromwell & communism: socialism and democracy in the great English revolution. </em>London: Allen & Unwin, 1930.. | Bernstein, Eduard. <em>Cromwell & communism: socialism and democracy in the great English revolution. </em>London: Allen & Unwin, 1930.. | ||
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Weingarten, Hermann. <em>Die Revolutionskirchen Englands ein Beitrag zur inneren Geschichte der englischen Kirche und der Reformation.</em> Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1868. | Weingarten, Hermann. <em>Die Revolutionskirchen Englands ein Beitrag zur inneren Geschichte der englischen Kirche und der Reformation.</em> Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1868. | ||
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The Levellers were an important political and religious movement in England (1647-1649) at the time of Cromwell, which, obviously influenced by Anabaptism, demanded absolute civil and religious liberty and the complete separation of church and state, but which finally degenerated into a passionate attack on the state and was therefore gradually suppressed. Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy was associated with the Levellers.
Bibliography
Bernstein, Eduard. Cromwell & communism: socialism and democracy in the great English revolution. London: Allen & Unwin, 1930..
Harder, Leland and Marvin Harder. Plockhoy from Zurik-zee; the study of a Dutch reformer in Puritan England and colonial America. and M. Plockhoy from Zurik-zee. Newton, KS, Board of Education and Publication, 1952.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II: 644.
Pease, Theodore Calvin. The Leveller movement : a study in the history and political theory of the English Great Civil War. Washington : American Historical Association, 1916.
Robertson, D. B. The Religious Foundations of Leveller Democracy. New York: King’s Crown Press, 1951.
Troeltsch, Ernst. The Social Teachings of the Christian Churches. New York: Macmillan, 1931.
Weingarten, Hermann. Die Revolutionskirchen Englands ein Beitrag zur inneren Geschichte der englischen Kirche und der Reformation. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1868.
| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Neff, Christian. "Levellers." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Levellers&oldid=83159.
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Neff, Christian. (1957). Levellers. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Levellers&oldid=83159.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 329-330. All rights reserved.
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