xiii, 19-280 p. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Heroes -- Dissenters -- Radicals -- Heretics -- Blasphemers -- Rebels -- 2.Early Conflict of Religion and Politics -- Introduction -- Pelagius -- English Nationalism -- Independence -- Charge of Heresy -- Indestructible Views -- 3.John Wycliffe -- E...

Contents note continued: Second Prosecution of Lilburne -- Prophecy -- The Diggers or True Levellers -- Gerard Wynstanley -- St George's Hill and Cobham -- Political Programme -- 7.The Island bedlam -- The Seekers and Ranters -- Scourges of the Wealthy -- Abominable Practices -- Muggletonians -- Fif...

Contents note continued: Affinity with the Ranters -- 12.Daniel Defoe -- Political Leanings -- The True-born Englishman -- Defending Dissenters -- Robinson Crusoe -- 13.John Wilkes -- The Hellfire Club -- The North Briton -- Wilkes and Liberty! -- Absurd Ruling -- Massacre of St. George's Fields --...

Contents note continued: "Orator" Hunt -- The Yeomen Charge -- York Assizes -- Eventual Success -- 19.Reform or Revolution -- Franchise Anomalies -- The Reform Bill -- Rioting -- Bristol in Flames -- Aftermath -- Propaganda -- Francis Place -- Victory -- 20.Chartism: John Frost and Ernest Jones -- T...

Contents note continued: International Impact -- Folk-hero -- 23.The Pankhursts and the Suffragettes -- Votes for Women -- Birth of the Suffragette Movement -- The Mud March -- Schism and Successes -- In Court -- Forced Feeding of Hunger Strikers -- More Violence -- "Cat and Mouse" -- The Derby -- A...