This book argues that there was no Ranter group or movement: that the Ranters did not exist.

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.