1600s

Content about history and struggles in the 1600s.

Diggers evicted from St George's Hill, Surrey - 1649

Diggers evicted from St George's Hill, Surrey - 1649

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1680-1730: Pirates and Anglo-American piracy in the Atlantic

A short history of the Golden Age of Piracy and the origins and role of the pirates in the class…

1642-1652: The Diggers and the Levellers

A history of the radical movements the Diggers and the Levellers which sprung up around the English Civil War.

A Declaration From the Poor Oppressed People of England

A declaration from the poor oppressed people of England, directed to all those that call themselves,…

3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition

The Diggers - Lewis H. Berens

Chapter IV from The Digger Movement In The Days Of The Commonwealth, by Lewis H. Berens.

The True Levellers Standard Advanced

A printable pamphlet version of The True Levellers Standard Advanced. Presented in PDF format (80kb).

The True Levellers standard advanced - Gerrard Winstanley

The rousing 1640s communist vision of Gerrard Winstanley & The Diggers...

Gerrard Winstanley: 17th Century Communist at Kingston - Christopher Hill

A lecture delivered at Kingston University in 1996 by the great historian of the English Civil War…