Winstanley

/ ˈwɪnstənlɪ; wɪnˈstænlɪ /

noun

WinstanleyGerrard?16091660MEnglishPOLITICS: radicalWRITING: pamphleteer Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)

They found about twelve of them hard at work, and amongst them one Winstanley was the chief speaker.

In all cases we shall, as far as possible, let Gerrard Winstanley speak for himself.

Winstanley subsequently explains his views at considerable length.

Winstanley believed that power of any sort, more especially if long enjoyed, tends to corrupt and to deteriorate.

Winstanley's edifice had been polygonal; Rudyard's was to be circular.

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