Cromwell and Communism

Socialism and Democracy in the Great English Revolution

Eduard Bernstein, H.J. Stenning

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781032472294
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000870145
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution against the absolute monarchy of Charles I. It looks at the economic and social conditions prevailing at the time, the first beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims of the Parliamentarian side in the revolution and subsequent civil war. The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Table of Contents
• I. Introduction
• II. England up to The Middle of The Seventeenth Century
• III. Early Years of Charles I’s Reign. John Lilburne’s Youth and First Persecutions
• IV. Parliament and the Monarchy
• V. Parliament and The National Army. Presbyterians, Independents, and Other Sects
• VI. The Levellers versus The “Gentlemen” Independents
• VII. The Struggle for Democracy and The Levellers’ “Agreement of the People”
• VIII. Atheistic and Communistic Tendencies in the Levellers’ MOVEMENT
• IX. The “True” Levellers and Their Practical Communism
• X. The Communistic Utopia of Gerrard Winstanley
• XI. The Levellers’ Revolt in the Army. Lilburne’s Last Years and Death
• XII. Historical Significance of Lilburne and the Levellers
• XIII. Conspiracies and Religious Offshoots of the Popular Democratic Movement
• XIV. Political Philosophy of The Seventeenth Century. Hobbes and Harrington
• XV. Peter Cornelius Plockboy
• XVI. The Quakers in the Seventeenth Century
• XVII. John Bellers, Champion of The Poor and Advocate of a League of Nations
• Conclusion
• Index