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31-5-2016 11:00 AM

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31-5-2016 12:30 PM

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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

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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.