Levellers
Britishnoun
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You might have heard of the Ranters and Levellers, whose pamphlets adorn a wall - but did you know about the Adamites?
From BBC • May 23, 2023
After Charles I was overthrown and beheaded, the Levellers and the Diggers pushed for radical equality and an end to land ownership—objectives that by the play’s end it is painfully clear they will not achieve.
From Slate • May 7, 2018
Into this debate plunge the members of three new radical groups: the Diggers, the Ranters and the Levellers.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018
To mark the 25th anniversary of that landmark album, The Levellers are hitting the road for an extensive U.S. tour that brings them to the U Street Music Hall Monday.
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2016
He treated the Levellers with some severity and showed his instinctive dislike to revolutionary proposals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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