Gerrard Winstanley
Participant in the English revolution who led the 'True Levellers' movement, who sought to reform not only the method of government in a more egalitarian way, but also property rights.
A Declaration From the Poor Oppressed People of England
A declaration from the poor oppressed people of England, directed to all those that call themselves, or are called Lords of Manors, through this nation; That have begun to cut, or that through fear and covetousness, do intend to cut down the Woods and Trees that grow upon the Commons and Waste Land.
Printed in the Yeer, 1649.
The Diggers - Lewis H. Berens
Chapter IV from The Digger Movement In The Days Of The Commonwealth, by Lewis H. Berens. Taken from the Project Gutenberg text.
The True Levellers Standard Advanced
A printable pamphlet version of The True Levellers Standard Advanced.
Presented in PDF format (80kb).
The True Levellers Standard Advanced - Gerrard Winstanley
The rousing 1640s communist vision of Gerrard Winstanley & The Diggers...
Gerard Winstanley: 17th Century Communist at Kingston (Christopher Hill, 1996)
A lecture delivered at Kingston University in 1996 by the great historian of the English Civil War on the subject of Gerard Winstanley; a founder of the Diggers, visionary, land squatter and early communist pamphleteer.
