Brave Community
The Digger Movement in the English Revolution
11th Edition
Published on 19. July 2013
256 pages
978-1-84779-543-4 (ISBN)
Description
Newly available in paperback, this is a full-length, modern study of the Diggers or 'True Levellers', who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. It was in April 1649 that the Diggers, inspired by the teachings and writings of Gerrard Winstanley, began their occupation of waste land at St George's Hill in Surrey and called on all poor people to join them or follow their example. Acting at a time of unparalleled political change and heightened millenarian expectation, the Diggers believed that the establishment of an egalitarian, property-less society was imminent.
This book should be of interest to all those interested in England's mid-seventeenth-century revolution and in the history of radical movements. -- .
This book should be of interest to all those interested in England's mid-seventeenth-century revolution and in the history of radical movements. -- .
Reviews / Votes
Gurney has written a remarkable book... comprehensively researched, it is a notable addition to a highly successful Manchester University Press series. No historian dealing with this period can afford to ignore it.'R. C. Richardson, Southern History
This work attempts to place the Diggers in context on a number of different levels: locally, nationally, politically, and intellectually. The aim is to improve our comprehension of the Diggers in their time and place without having Winstanley dominate the account; this is a laudable change of focus, as a prolific radical theorist can skew the analysis. -- .
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Series
Edition
11
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-84779-543-4 (9781847795434)
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06/2012
Manchester University Press
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04/2007
Manchester University Press
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Person
John Gurney is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University -- .
Content
1. Parish, community and social relations in Cobham
2. The parish of Cobham and the Civil War
3. Gerrard Winstanley
4. Winstanley: the early writings
5. The Diggers on St George's Hill
6. The Diggers and the local community
7. Aftermath
Index -- .
2. The parish of Cobham and the Civil War
3. Gerrard Winstanley
4. Winstanley: the early writings
5. The Diggers on St George's Hill
6. The Diggers and the local community
7. Aftermath
Index -- .
