http://www.tlio.demon.co.uk/diggers.htm
They are definitely PD in the UK. sjc
1. Possibly but I'd run it by Larry first. Their stuff is fairly off the wall even for a 16th century mystico-religious outfit. sjc
2. You're right in this respect, but they are not usually known as the True Levellers, even amongst Civil War historians, but as Diggers. Which is why (sigh) they live under the heading of Diggers.... sjc
They were called the Diggers because they advocated an agrarian return to the land. It was an insult which stuck. sjc
Did they adopt that name, or just history? You can just put the answer in the entry, if you'd like. -- TheCunctator
I don't really know but I'll try and find out: they probably came to their rather sticky end before they ahd a chance to... sjc