Fear, myth and history : the Ranters and the historians
In this book, the author argues that there was no Ranter group or movement: that the Ranters did not exist. Rather, a myth of the Ranters was projected in a press sensation and was sustained by heresiographers and sectarian leaders.
Print Book, English, 1986
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.], 1986
xiv, 208 p. : il. ; 23 cm.
9780521894197, 0521894190
1055227514
Preface; Note; List of abbreviations; 1. The historians and the Ranters; 2. Who were the Ranters?; 3. Examining the Ranter core; 4. The Ranter sensation; 5. Explaining the Ranter myth; 6. Explaining the historians; Appendix; Index.