Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century EnglandThis study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a "women's spirituality" can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men. |
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... death in 1628 of the Duke of Buckingham . Lady Eleanor's troubles began when she decided to publish her po- litical writings . In 1633 , on the pretext of accompanying her husband to a continental spa , she traveled to Holland , where ...
... death in 1628 of the Duke of Buckingham . Lady Eleanor's troubles began when she decided to publish her po- litical writings . In 1633 , on the pretext of accompanying her husband to a continental spa , she traveled to Holland , where ...
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... death of Queen Elizabeth and the beheading of King Charles I , was the wealthy daughter of an earl , wife of the attorney general for Ireland , mistress of a great estate , and the mother of two children ; she was also a prophet . One ...
... death of Queen Elizabeth and the beheading of King Charles I , was the wealthy daughter of an earl , wife of the attorney general for Ireland , mistress of a great estate , and the mother of two children ; she was also a prophet . One ...
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... death in 1628 of the Duke of Buckingham . Lady Eleanor's troubles began when she decided to publish her po- litical writings . In 1633 , on the pretext of accompanying her husband to a continental spa , she traveled to Holland , where ...
... death in 1628 of the Duke of Buckingham . Lady Eleanor's troubles began when she decided to publish her po- litical writings . In 1633 , on the pretext of accompanying her husband to a continental spa , she traveled to Holland , where ...
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... Death in Shakespeare's Lon- don ( New Haven and London : Yale University Press , 1971 ) , 96-98 , 121-22 . There were also the witch doctors , poor women who examined suspects for witches ' marks ( Notestein , A History of Witchcraft ...
... Death in Shakespeare's Lon- don ( New Haven and London : Yale University Press , 1971 ) , 96-98 , 121-22 . There were also the witch doctors , poor women who examined suspects for witches ' marks ( Notestein , A History of Witchcraft ...
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... Death of ... Mrs. Jane Ratcliffe . . . [ London , 1640 , ] 65 , quoted in Peter Lake , " Feminine Piety and Personal Potency : The ' Emancipation ' of Mrs. Jane Ratcliffe , " The Seventeenth Century 2 ( 1987 ) : 150 . think before we ...
... Death of ... Mrs. Jane Ratcliffe . . . [ London , 1640 , ] 65 , quoted in Peter Lake , " Feminine Piety and Personal Potency : The ' Emancipation ' of Mrs. Jane Ratcliffe , " The Seventeenth Century 2 ( 1987 ) : 150 . think before we ...
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