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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456641003321

Autore

Corns Thomas N

Titolo

The Complete Works of Gerrard Winstanley [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2009

ISBN

0-19-157352-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HughesAnn

LoewensteinDavid

Disciplina

828.409

942.062

Soggetti

Great Britain --History --Civil War, 1642-1649

Great Britain --History --Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660

Levellers

Political science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Declaration to the Powers of England (The True Levellers Standard Advanced); A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England; A Letter to the Lord Fairfax, and his Councell of War; A Declaration of the Bloudie and Unchristian Acting of William Star and John Taylor; An Appeal to the House of Commons; A Watch-word to the City of London, and the Armie; A New-yeers Gift for the Parliament and Armie; Englands Spirit Unfoulded. Or an Incouragement to Take the Engagement; Fire in the Bush

A Vindication of those, whose endeavors is Only to Make the Earth a Common Treasury, Called DiggersAn Appeale to All Englishmen; An Humble Request to the Ministers of both Universities, and to All Lawyers in Every Inns-a-Court; The Law of Freedom in a Platform: Or, True Magistracy Restored; Manuscripts Associated with Winstanley; Writings by Winstanley Appearing in Other Publications; Biographical Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first edition of the complete works of Gerrard Winstanley (1609-76), the foremost radical English thinker and activist of the English Revolution. It is the only edition to observe the standards of



modern scholarly editing. The editorial team combines the expertise of acclaimed prize-winning literary scholars and a leading historian of seventeenth-century England. It sets a new standard in the presentation of controversial prose of the period of the English Civil War. Itssubstantial introduction establishes Winstanley's distinctive contributions to political thought and radical reli