Winstanley
A Case for the Man as He Said He Was
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10079693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lotte Mulligan (La Trobe University, corresponding author), John K Graham (La Trobe University), Judith Richards (La Trobe University) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-75 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046900042482 |
| OpenAlex | W2315379001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
The publication of Christopher Hill's Winstanley: The Law of Freedom and Other Writings was an exciting event for students of mid-seventeenth-century England. It provides a readily available edition of Winstanley's most important writings. To these Hill offers a compelling introduction which has much to stimulate and interest, but in his interpretation of Winstanley there are also invitations to misunderstanding. Ultimately, Hill's interest in Winstanley arises from his perception of the seventeenth-century writer as ‘modern’ and, if another recent article is any guide, this continues to be the common factor for studies of Winstanley. It is the purpose of this article to argue that this ‘modern’ view of Winstanley misconstrues his intellectual sources and historical significance by minimising the part theology played in his theories of social and moral change. The result of such a view is to misrepresent Winstanley's meaning, and his relationship to his contemporary world
Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Meaning (existential · Political science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Philosophy
Protestantism and the Rationalization of English Law
Restoring the Garden of Eden in England’s Green and Pleasant Land
Sowing in Hope
Gerrard Winstanley's Experimental Knowledge of God (The Perception of the Spirit and the Acting of Reason)
A “Radical” Problem
Biblical Poet and Prophet
The Religious Roots of William Walwyn's Radicalism
Reason and Imagination
Social Problems and Policy During the Puritan Revolution 1640—1660
The Works of Gerrard Winstanley
Cromwell and Communism
Digger no Millenarian
Gerrard Winstanley and the Restoration of True Magistracy
The Theological Basis of Digger Communism
Economic and Social Thought of Gerrard Winstanley
Social Problems and Policy during the Puritan Revolution
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2009 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |