Brave Community: The Digger Movement in the English Revolution

by John Gurney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719061032
• ISBN13: 9780719061035
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"