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Tertiary source, retrieved 2026-10-23; used only for the Distributist League dates and the sometimes-cited Mondragon link.

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EstablishedChesterton and Belloc developed distributism in the early 20th century; Belloc's The Servile State (1912) is the closest thing to an originating manifesto, and a Distributist League existed in the UK from 1926.DisputedBlack argues that Rerum Novarum, though often cited as distributism's foundation, contains no limit on enterprise size and no large-scale redistribution of wealth, and locates distributism's matrix in English Christian socialist and Anglican social theology.EstablishedStikkers describes Mondragon as founded on Catholic social justice teaching, with Father Arizmendiarrieta drawing mainly on Rerum Novarum; he does not present it as an implementation of distributism.