Newcastle University

My work focuses on the political, social and intellectual history of early modern Britain. I have particular research interests in the English Revolution, literature and politics, radical movements, architectural history, regional history and archives. I am module leader for HIS1004: Aspects of British History and HIS8025: MA Pathway in British History. Recent publications include Brave Community: the Digger Movement in the English Revolution (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007; paperback 2012) and Gerrard Winstanley: The Digger's Life and Legacy (London: Pluto Press, 2012).

Qualifications 

BA, MA, DPhil (Sussex) 

Previous Positions

Historical Manuscripts Commission 1997-2004

University of Sussex, lecturer 1994-1996

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1994 

Undergraduate Teaching

Stage One: 

HIS144/1044: Aspects of British History (2005-6 to present; module leader 2008-9, 2011-12, 2012-13)

Stage Two: 

HIS2081: Foundations of Early Modern Britain, 1485-1660 (2007-8, 2008-9; module leader)

HIS2122: Ideas and Revolutions (2009-10; joint module leader)

CAH210/2010: Women in History and Culture (2005-6, 2006-7, 2008-9)

Vacation Scholarship supervision (2007-8)

Stage Three:

HIS3004: The English Revolution, 1640-60 (2006-7, 2009-10; module leader)

HIS3008: Reading History: The World Turned Upside Down (2007-8, 2008-9)

HIS3010: Writing History (2008-9)

CAH323/3023: Women in History and Culture (2005-6, 2006-7, 2008-9)

Postgraduate Teaching

HIS8025: MA in British History: Pathways in British History I, Economic and Social History (2007-8, 2008-9; module leader)

HIS8025: MA in British History: Pathway in British History (2009-10 to present; module leader)

P/G training: landscapes and buildings (2006-7); archives day (2009-10)

• Gurney J. Gerrard Winstanley: The Digger's Life and Legacy. London/New York: Pluto Press/Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
• Gurney J. Gerrard Winstanley's The Law of Freedom: Context and Continuity. In: Davis, J.C., Ramiro, M.A, ed. Utopian Moments: Reading Utopian Texts. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012, pp.chapter 8.
• Gurney J. Brave community: The Digger movement in the English Revolution. Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press/Palgrave, 2007.
• Gurney J. Bickerstaffe, Henry (bap. 1606, d. in or after 1661). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/47073.
• Gurney J. Byfield, Richard (1598-1664). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4258.
• Gurney J. Maynard, Sir John (1592-1658). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18437.
• Goodwin G, rev. Gurney J. Monson, Sir William (d.1673?), Viscount Monson of Castlemaine. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18992.
• Gurney J. Onslow, Sir Richard (1601-1664). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20793.
• Gurney J. Staunton, Edmund (1600-1671). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26322.
• Gurney J. Lady Jane Berkeley, Ashley House and architectural innovation in late-Elizabethan England. Architectural History 2000, 43, 113-120.
• Gurney J. "Furious divells?" The Diggers and their opponents. In: Bradstock, A, ed. Winstanley and the Diggers, 1649-1999. London: Frank Cass, 2000, pp.73-86.
• Gurney J. William King, Gerrard Winstanley and Cobham. In: Bradstock, A, ed. Winstanley and the Diggers, 1649-1999. London: Frank Cass, 2000, pp.42-46.
• Gurney J. "Furious divells?" The Diggers and their opponents. Prose Studies 1999, 22(2), 73-86.
• Gurney J. William King, Gerrard Winstanley and Cobham. Prose Studies 1999, 22(2), 42-46.
• Gurney J. George Wither and Surrey politics. Southern History 1997, 19, 74-98.
• Gurney J. Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement in Walton and Cobham. Historical Journal 1994, 37(4), 775-802.