Make a brief assessment of the issues at stake in the debate over the Ranters with particular reference to a) the interpretative frameworks at issue b) the use of documents.

... Make a brief assessment of the issues at stake in the debate over the Ranters with particular reference to a) the interpretative frameworks at issue b) the use of documents. The historians Morton and Hill supported the popular view held about the ranters and for some time this was very much undisputed. This view claimed that the ranters had rebelled against the groups or classes who came had come to power in the English revolution. The groups and classes, upon which they rebelled were those who possessed most of the power, land and supported the protestant ethic. These people who held the power would use the concepts of sin and hell to keep the masses in order. This was an essential framework authenticated by the contemporary writings of many historians including Albizer Coppe and was unquestioned until the work of Davis in Fear, Myth and History. Davis was very controversial in

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