"popualr" - 1 õppematerjal

EXAM - English literature 2

literature. Pamphlets (brošüürid) from supporters of every faction in Civil War, personal attacks and polemics, many forms of propaganda, high-minded schemes to reform the nation. Revolutionary times. In late 1640s and 50s debate over the shape and authority of the rapidly changing constitution of England intense. Charles I off throne, Commonwealth, power to gentlemen landowners. No radical social change, or popualr democracy experiment. Men at the top harassed by those who supporteed the old and those who sought further to radicalize the new. Dissenting Puritans, restless Protestant sectarians. Pamphlet literature of those who saw Charles I’s overthrow as freedom from Norman feudalism. Native rights, more equal distribution of constituencies, removing property qualifications from voters. John Lilburne – Leveller party. Contrasts between rich and poor. Equal distribution of property. 9. Milton