Political Speaking Justified: Women Prophets and the English RevolutionPolitical Speaking Justified traces the development of the idea offemale political authority in three women prophets of the EnglishRevolution. Following in the tradition of the Hebrew prophets, thesewomen - Eleanor Davies, Anna Trapnel, and Margaret Fell - believedthat God called them to communicate his will to the leaders of thenation. They entered the public sphere intent on bringing about a godlyorder and, as part and parcel of this goal, they deemed it necessary tocreate a political realm in which women's voices could be heard. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Divine Right and Womens | 35 |
The Castlehaven | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Political Speaking Justified: Women Prophets and the English Revolution Teresa Feroli Limited preview - 2006 |
Political Speaking Justified: Women Prophets and the English Revolution Teresa Feroli No preview available - 2006 |
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Engendering the Fall: John Milton and Seventeenth-Century Women Writers Shannon Miller No preview available - 2008 |