As revealed in the writings of gerrard winstanley, the digger, mystic and. Winstanley details the story of the 17thcentury social reformer and writer gerrard winstanley, who, along with a small band of followers known as the diggers, tried to establish a selfsufficient farming community on common land at st georges hill diggers hill near cobham, surrey. The community was one of the worlds first smallscale experiments in socialism or communism, and its ideas. Cambridge core history of ideas winstanley the law of freedom and other writings edited. Gerrard winstanley is a must read for students of english history and all those seeking to reclaim the commons today. Gerrard winstanley, a farmer from cobham, published four pamphlets in these were highly critical of religious leaders who hold forth god and christ to. The diggers life and legacy is a must read for students of english history and all those seeking to reclaim the commons today.
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