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This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the signficance 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 womens spirituality can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men.
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Visionary Women : Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-century England
author
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Mack, Phyllis.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
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0520089375
print isbn13
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9780520089372
ebook isbn13
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9780585079028
language
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English
subject
Quaker women--England--History--17th century, Prophecy (Christianity)--History--17th century, Spirituality--Society of Friends--History--17th century, Spirituality--England--History--17th century.
publication date
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1992
lcc
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BX7748.W64M33 1992eb
ddc
:
289.6/42/082
subject
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Quaker women--England--History--17th century, Prophecy (Christianity)--History--17th century, Spirituality--Society of Friends--History--17th century, Spirituality--England--History--17th century.
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Visionary Women
Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England
Phyllis Mack
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles London
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Portions of Chapters 1, 2, and 3 were published in an earlier form in the following articles:
"Women as Prophets during the English Civil War," Feminist Studies 8 (1982).
"The Female Prophet and her Audience: Class and Gender in the World Turned Upside Down," in Reviving the English Revolution, edited by Geoff Eley and William Hunt, Verso, 1988.
"Prophecy and Politics in Seventeenth-Century England," in Witnesses for Change: Quaker Women over Three Centuries, edited by Elizabeth Potts Brown and Susan Stuard, Rutgers University Press, 1989.
University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
1992 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1994
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mack, Phyllis. Visionary Women : ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England / Phyllis Mack. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-08937-5 (alk. paper) 1. Women, QuakerEnglandHistory17th century. 2. Prophecy (Christianity) History17th century. 3. SpiritualitySociety of FriendsHistory17th century. 4. SpiritualityEnglandHistory17th century. I. Title. IN PROCESS (ONLINE) 289.6'42'082dc20 91-39580
Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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For Tory
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Abbreviations
xi
Author's Note
xiii
Introduction
1
Part One: Feminine Symbolism and Female Prophecy: Gender and Knowledge in the World Turned Upside Down
1. Woman, Nature, and Spirit
15
2. Male and Female Power: Visionary Women and the Social Order
45
3. Talking Back: Women as Prophets during the Civil War and Interregnum, 16401655
87
Part Two: Friends in Eden: Gender and Spirituality in Early Quakerism, 16501664
4. Ecstasy and Self-Transcendence
127
5. Prophecy
165
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6. Ecstasy and Everyday Life
212
7. How Were Quakers Radical?
236
Part Three: Visionary Order: Women in the Quaker Movement, 16641700
8. The Snake in the Garden: Quaker Politics and the Origin of the Women's Meeting
265
9. The Mystical Housewife
305
10. Selfhood and Enlightenment: Quaker Preaching and Discipline, 16641700
351
Epilogue
403
Appendices
413
Bibliography
425
Index
455
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Several friends and colleagues have read and commented on portions of this study, while others have allowed me to read their own unpublished work and otherwise assisted my research. Thanks to Rudolph Bell, Edwin Bronner, Esther Cope, Patricia Crawford, Miriam Garber, John Gillis, Philip Greven, Carla Hesse, Suzanne Lebsock, Mark Robertson, Rachel Weil, and especially Margaret Hunt. Thanks also to Kenneth Carroll, for unstinting encouragement and good cheer, and to Joan Scott, Ruth Bloch, Sarah Hanley, and the other members of the Gender Seminar at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (198586).
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