Start Date
31-5-2016 11:00 AM
End Date
31-5-2016 12:30 PM
Description
The Diggers were small groups that appeared after the English Civil War who cultivated common land with carrots, beans and corn. This paper looks at the religiosity of the Diggers and how their ideas about bread, creation and the right use of land underpinned their thinking about every aspect of society.
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May 31st, 11:00 AM
May 31st, 12:30 PM
Revolutionary Self-Sufficiency: the Diggers' Digging in the English Civil War, 1648-1650
The Diggers were small groups that appeared after the English Civil War who cultivated common land with carrots, beans and corn. This paper looks at the religiosity of the Diggers and how their ideas about bread, creation and the right use of land underpinned their thinking about every aspect of society.
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Parallel Session 1, Day 1, May 31, 2016