John Gurney

Brave community (eBook, ePUB)

The Digger Movement in the English Revolution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847795434
• Artikelnr.: 42370120

Autorenporträt

John Gurney (1960-2014) was a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University and author of Brave Community: The Digger Movement in the English Revolution (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1: Parish, community and
social relations in Cobham Family, occupation and social structure Manor
and parish Population Population pressures Landlords and tenants Chapter 2:
The parish of Cobham and the Civil War The coming of war Rural popular
protest The impact of war The costs of war Social conflict The manor of
Cobham during the Civil War Chapter 3: Gerrard Winstanley Family background
Marriage Winstanley's bankruptcy The move to Cobham Surrey politics Chapter
4: Winstanley: the early writings Influences Towards the restoration of
community Context Chapter 5: The Diggers on St George's Hill The first
phase Identifying the Diggers St George's Hill Chapter 6: The Diggers and
the local community Reactions to the Diggers in Walton The Diggers in
Cobham The end of the Digger colony Chapter 7: Aftermath