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Brave community [[electronic resource] ] : the Digger movement in the English Revolution / / John Gurney



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Autore: Gurney John <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Brave community [[electronic resource] ] : the Digger movement in the English Revolution / / John Gurney Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007
Edizione: Paperback edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
Disciplina: 942.06/2
Soggetto topico: Levellers
Soggetto geografico: Cobham (Kent, England) History 17th century
Cobham (Kent, England) Social conditions 17th century
England Social conditions 17th century
Great Britain Politics and government 1625-1649
Soggetto non controllato: Cobham
Digger movement
Diggers
English Revolution
Gerrard Winstanley
Surrey
True Levellers
civil war
political change
property-less society
radical groups
Note generali: "First published by Manchester University Press in hardback, 2009"--Title page verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Brave community  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78170-074-5
1-84779-143-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791738003321
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Serie: Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain