One of the most original aspects of life at Little Gidding was the
'Little Academy' founded by Nicholas Ferrar, his nieces and some
other members of the community for their common instruction and
enjoyment. At regular meetings, members of the Little Academy took
it in turns to relate 'stories' based on historical or current
events. Ferrar kept transcripts both of the stories and of the
subsequent social and personal applications, from which Mr Williams
has reproduced two of the 'Conversations' which occupied the family
attention for some time. The conversation centred on the
resignation of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V elicited lengthy
discussions of what the Ferrars felt to be the degeneracy of their
own times in public and private life. The family concern with
austerity in diet frequently diverged into general criticism of the
licence and luxury of the upper classes in the early 1600s. Mr
Williams has provided a very full introduction and notes describing
the members of the Little Academy and giving the background of the
two dialogues that he has reproduced.
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