Brave community : the Digger movement in the English Revolution / John Gurney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gurney, John, 1960-

Series:

Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain

Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain

Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Levellers.

Cobham (Kent, England)--History--17th century.

Cobham (Kent, England).

Cobham (Kent, England)--Social conditions--17th century.

England--Social conditions--17th century.

England.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1625-1649.

Great Britain.

Winstanley, Gerrard, 1609-.

Winstanley, Gerrard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first 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

Contents:

Parish, community and social relations in Cobham

The parish of Cobham and the Civil War

Gerrard Winstanley

Winstanley : the early writings

The Diggers on St. George's Hill

The Diggers and the local community

Aftermath.

Notes:

"First published by Manchester University Press in hardback, 2009"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78170-074-5

1-84779-143-3

OCLC:

818847161