The Digger Movement in the Days of Commonwealth

Lewis Henry Berens presents a detailed and illuminating study of the Digger movement, one of the most radical social experiments of seventeenth-century English Commonwealth. Centered on the ideas of Gerrard Winstanley and his followers, the book explores their vision of communal land ownership, economic equality, and spiritual freedom. Through careful historical analysis, Berens shows how the Diggers challenged entrenched systems of property and privilege, making this work an important account of early democratic, socialist, and agrarian thought in English history.