Following the Levellers, Volume Two

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).

• Chapter One: Introduction: Finding the Levellers and their Successors.- Chapter Two: The Levellers and the Commonwealth, 1649-53.- Chapter Three: Leveller Followers in London, the Army, and the Counties.- Chapter Four: Leveller Successors and the Protectorate, 1654-9.- Chapter Five: Leveller Successors and the Climacteric of 1659-60.- Chapter Six: The Leveller Ethos and the Restoration.- Chapter Seven: Leveller Successors of the 1680s.- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Following the Levellers.

“The second volume engages extensively with Leveller ‘successors’ during the interregnum and Restoration. … The [volume] is thoughtfully structured and the straightforwardness of prose is effective.” (Edward Legon, Parliamentary History, Vol. 38 (3), 2019)