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Brave community : the Digger movement in the English Revolution /

This is a study of the Diggers or 'True Levellers', who were one of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution. In April 1649 the Diggers, inspired by Gerrard Winstanley, began their occupation of waste land in Surrey and called on all poor people to join them or follow the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gurney, John, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.
Series:Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.