The Experience of Defeat by Hill, Christopher -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Halftitle Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The First Losers, 1649–1651

1 Levellers 2 True Levellers 3 From Ranters to Muggletonians

Chapter 3: The Second Losers, 1653–1660

1 Fifth Monarchists: Preachers and Plebeians 2 Regicides 3 Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston (?1610–63)

Chapter 4: Seekers

1 William Erbery (1604–54) in the Wilderness 2 William Sedgwick (?1610–69): Rethinking in Public 3 Isaac Penington (1616–79): From Ranter to Quaker

Chapter 5: Quakers, 1651–1661

1 Quakers and the Good Old Cause 2 James Nayler (1617–60): The ‘Head Quaker’ 3 Edward Burrough (1634–62): Quaker Politician 4 George Fox (1624–91) and the Peace Principle 5 After 1661

Chapter 6: Independents and Republicans

1 John Owen (1616–83): ‘Cromwell’s Archbishop’ 2 Thomas Goodwin (1600–80) 3 Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) and the Revolutions of Christ 4 James Harrington (1611–77), Henry Neville (1620–94) and the Harringtonians

Chapter 7: Some Conservative Puritan Ministers Chapter 8: Survivors

1 John (1607–81) and Samuel Pordage (1633–?91): The Epic of the Fall 2 Andrew Marvell (1621–78): Millenarian to Harringtonian 3 Henry Stubbe (1632–76): Private Rethinking

Chapter 9: Army, Saints, People

1 The Army and the Radicals 2 The Saints and ‘the People’ 3 Folds for Scattered Sheep 4 Other Losers

Chapter 10: Conclusion: Milton and the Experience of Defeat

1 The Apostasy and the Wilderness 2 The Anointing 3 God on Trial 4 Samson Agonistes 5 Harrington and Milton

Notes Index

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