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You know it’s time to tell the history of the people when everyone around you relates to lords and nights and queens instead of their servants, and tenants, and everyone thinks being common is a bad thing. We need to hear more of our stories, so we understand how we got to where we are today. I don’t suppose you take request, but if you would consider the Clarion cycling club. I think I would be relevant to show their proud radical roots at this time in their history. I am really pleased to have found Radical History.
They had many branches including ramblers, photographs and debating societies. They believed in mutual improvement and opportunities for everyone to partake in the benefits of society. A society that was built by all, yet was closed to many because of means and birth. They cycled to fight fascist in Spain and spread the radical ideas of equity and equality from the seats of their bicycles. Recently they voted to remove socialism from their fellowship. I thought it was quite a sad end to a proud radical history.
I’m studying the levellers as part of a Stuart Britain module at A Level, what’s also really interesting about them is their role in creating the radical atmosphere in parliament that led to Charles I’s execution. Loved the video!!! 😁
Glad you enjoyed it Cate! I seem to remember when we did the research for this, we found that John Lilburne was against the execution (even though he also opposed Charles I) - so there were definitely different views at the time. It was certainly an exciting period of a 'power vacuum' in English history - for the first time there was some urgency to the question of: what will replace the monarchy? Good luck with your studies!
May I ask you what board you did the exam with? I'm thinking about doing a history A level in my spare time, but definitely want it to include the Civil War period.
Brilliantly summed up. I have always been a 'fan' of the Levellers and when I get the urge I fly a Levellers flag. At the moment I fly the flag of Ukraine. Good job - Many thanks
I know lately I've heard a lot of criticism of Oliver Cromwell, but I also heard he was good to Jews in an age when Jew hatred was everywhere. He permitted them to settle in England for the first time since Edward I expelled them.
Great video, some things I didn't know about the Levellers. However, I think you should have included the True Levellers aka the Diggers & Gerrard Winstanley - as they actually established a "communist" commune in Surrey of all places (now golf course for multimillionaires). Anyway, like the informative videos - keep them under 15 minutes if you can 🏴
Thanks Zeb! Glad you enjoyed. We did consider mentioning the True Levellers, but we didn't feel we had enough to add about them to avoid pulling us away from the main thrust of the story. If there's a good resource out there profiling them in more detail, perhaps we could do a future video on them specifically though!
Parabéns, Professor. Sou brasileiro, advogado há 22 anos, mas estudo com empenho para me tornar um Professor de História em meu país. Sua aula foi excelente. Eu me inscrevi no canal e deixei meu like. Tenho certeza que aprenderei muito com o Senhor. Abraço fraterno do Brasil.
So fascinating. I'm doing research on the Indonesian revolution and there too army politics constitute a KEY site of co-optation of radical/social revolutionary sentiment.
Very cool! I'll be doing an independent research project at Oxford on the Levellers when I study abroad there next semester. Are there any historical sites or special leveller-related things in museums in the area?
Hi Patrick - Burford Church has a plaque where various rebels were shot (I refer to it towards the end of my video), and if you're around in May, then you must attend Levellers Day! levellersday.wordpress.com/
Ads are individualized on YT. I didn’t see that ad, and neither will people you share the video with, most likely. Perhaps you’d been watching some Trump videos?
