preface ................................................................ 9
*abbreviations* ..................................................... 11

*1 introduction* ..................................................... 13
*2 the parchment and the fire* ........................... 19
*3 masterless men* ............................................... 39
*4 agitators and officers* ................................... 57
*5 the north and west* ........................................ 73
*6 a nation of prophets* ..................................... 87
*7 levellers and true levellers* ......................... 107
*8 sin and hell* .................................................... 151
*9 seekers and ranters* ...................................... 184
*10 ranters and quakers* ................................... 231
*11 samuel fisher and the bible* ..................... 259
*12 john warr and the law* .............................. 269
*13 the island of great bedlam* ...................... 277
*14 mechanic preachers and the mechanical philosophy* ............................................. 287
*15 base impudent kisses* .................................. 306
*16 life against death* ...................................... 324
*17 the world restored* ..................................... 344
*18 conclusion* ..................................................... 361

*appendices:*
1. Hobbes and winstanley: reason and politics .................................................. 387
2. Milton and bunyan: dialogue with the radicals .............................................. 395

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