John Winthrop (jan 1, 1587 – jan 1, 1649)
Description:
Argues in 1929 that private ownership did not depend on the law but was created by human toil by weaving together puritan doctrine and pragmatic outlook of the enclosers. "god is given to men a double right to the earth, a natural right and a civil right and the natural right was established by use and occupancy (hugo grodeous), and the civil right which stemmed from when men appropriated certain parcels of ground by enclosing and peculiar menurance and this in time got them a civil right.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1587
jan 1, 1649
~ 62 years