Gerrard Winstanley - The Digger''s Life and Legacy

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext "'The power of property was brought into creation by the sword', so wrote Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676) - Christian Communist, leader of the Diggers movement and baete noire of the landed aristocracy. Despite being one of the great English radicals, Winstanley remains unmentioned in today's lists of 'great Britons'. John Gurney reveals the hidden history of Winstanley and his movement. As part of the radical ferment which swept England at the time of the civil war, Winstanley led the Diggers in taking over land and running it as 'a common treasury for all' - provoking violent opposition from landowners. Gurney also guides us through Winstanley's writings, which are among the most remarkable prose writings of his age."--Publisher's website. Zusammenfassung Life and ideas of the great British radical who founded rural communes during the English Civil War

Product details

• Authors: Gurney, John Gurney, John (Newcastle University) Gurney
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2012
• EAN: 9780745331843
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3184-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Revolutionary Lives; Revolutionary Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies