What was the group of radicals in 17th century England, sometimes seen as forerunners of modern anarchism?
The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England. Their original name came from their belief in economic equality based upon a specific passage in the Acts of the Apostles. The Diggers tried (by "leveling" land) to reform the existing social order with an agrarian lifestyle based on their ideas for the creation of small, egalitarian rural communities.