Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
social movement
|
| gptkbp:activities |
social justice advocacy
land reclamation communal farming |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Gerard_Winstanley
|
| gptkbp:criticism |
seen as radical
considered impractical by contemporaries faced opposition from landowners labeled as heretical by some religious groups |
| gptkbp:founded |
1649
|
| gptkbp:goal |
common ownership of land
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
17th century England
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
contributed to the discourse on property rights
early advocate for social equality influenced the development of modern socialism pioneered ideas of communal land use |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the Diggers movement
|
| gptkbp:impact |
encouraged environmentalism
influenced modern anarchism inspired land reform movements promoted ideas of communal living contributed to the development of utopian socialism |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
English Civil War
|
| gptkbp:keyFigures |
gptkb:William_Everard
gptkb:John_Lilburne gptkb:Edward_Sexby gptkb:James_Naylor gptkb:Richard_Overton |
| gptkbp:keyIssues |
The Digger's Manifesto
The_Law_of_Freedom_in_a_Platform The_New_Law_of_Righteousness The_True_Levellers_Standard_Advanced |
| gptkbp:legacy |
influence on later socialist movements
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:St._George's_Hill
Surrey |
| gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:England
|
| gptkbp:philosophy |
equality
anti-capitalism freedom from oppression agrarian socialism |
| gptkbp:reduces |
1650s
|
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Anabaptists
Quakers Levellers |