*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