Preserving Property
"History, Genealogy, and Inheritance in "Upon Appelton House
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10412604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Patton (King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 824-839 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2862963 |
| OpenAlex | W2329405128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
“I hope that they may live to see the power of the King and the Lords thrown down, that yet may live to see property preserved.”— Colonel Petty at Putney, 28 October 1647 (Woodhouse, 61)The famous army debates held at Putney in 1647 provide us with some remarkable insights into the misgivings of the men who were soon to bring about the trial and execution of their king. Their very practical need to placate the then powerful “Leveller” faction within the army drew the “Grandees” into talks which clearly reveal the limits of their revolutionary aspirations. The principal objection of both Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton to the proposals of the Levellers is also the most telling: both men saw in the proposed Leveller constitution, The Agreement of the People, a threat to the current economic order, an order based upon the ownership of property by a relatively small number of men
Computer security · Constitution · Economics · Epistemology · Genealogy · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Power (physics · Principal (computer security · Property (philosophy · Sociology · Computer Science · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2021 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |