The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth: As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer

Berens, Lewis H.

ISBN 10: 0850365961 / ISBN 13: 9780850365962

Edité par The Merlin Press Ltd, 2007

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Slightly worn along the edges, smudging to page edges and a few creases. Text is unmarked and the binding is sound.

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• Titre: The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth: As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer
• Éditeur: The Merlin Press Ltd
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0850365961
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780850365962
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1649 Gerrard Winstanley and 14 others published a pamphlet in which they called themselves the "True Levellers" although once they began to put those beliefs into practice they soon became known by supporters and opponents as "Diggers". The Diggers' beliefs envisioned an ecological interrelationship between humans and nature, acknowledging the inherent connections between people and their surroundings. Winstanley declared that "true freedom lies where a man receives his nourishment and preservation, and that is in the use of the earth". In April 1649 several Diggers had begun to plant vegetables in common land on St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey at a time when food prices reached an all-time high. They had invited "all to come in and help them, and promise them meat, drink, and clothes."