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The infidel radicals were republicans, but they did not accept the contemporary connotations of the word, which implied an anarchic and violent change in the political system. By republicanism the radicals from Paine to Bradlaugh meant a thoroughgoing reform within a context of representative, democratic constitutionalism.
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Royle, E. (1976). Domestic Radicalism. In: Royle, E. (eds) The Infidel Tradition. History in Depth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02410-0_11
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