Chapter 12: Social Divisions: Political & Religious Radicalism, The Levellers And Millenarians Flashcards
1
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What catalysed development of religious radicalism?
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- civil wars
- breakdown of royal authority
2
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Name key feature of Diggers
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- v religious
- communes were the solution to social inequalities
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3
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Were the Diggers influential?
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- less influential than Levellers
- introduced central ideas of future radicalism
4
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How were Diggers oppressed?
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- (1649) commune collapsed in St. George’s Hill after hostility
5
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Name some features of the fifth monarchists
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- formal emergence of millenarianism
- emerged 1650
6
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Were the religious radical groups failures? Why/ Why not?
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- short term failures
- long term significant as continuing influence of ideas
7
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Who were the Levellers? How did they spread ideas?
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- London based pressure group seeking reform
- spread ideas through pamphlets
8
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What was ‘Adjutator Movement’? What were the Levellers motivations for it?
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- movement in lower ranks of NMA due to missing pay
- Levellers wanted to agitate NMA so they can use them to have influence
9
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What was the Leveller’s ‘Agreement of the People’?
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- manifesto of Levellers (more representative P, P elected every 2 years)
10
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What were the Putney Debates?
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- meeting of ‘agents’ of adjutator movement as NMA had been negotiating with Charles over ‘Heads of Proposals’
11
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When were the Putney debates?
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- Oct/Nov 1647
