The Quakers in English Society, 1655-1725

by Adrian Davies

Overview

The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social élite but what of Friends' relationships with others? By examining Quaker attitudes to neighbourliness, the family, the rites of passage, business, and other links, this lively and original study demonstrates that Quakers were not the marginal and isolated people as often portrayed by contemporaries and historians, and explores the their wider and significant impact upon early modern society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198208204
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/06/2000
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I. Holy Subversives1. Spiritual Warriors2. The Quaker Tribe3. Body Language4. Levelling Quakers?Part II. A Peculiar People5. A Community of Worship6. The Brotherhood7. Love and Marriage8. Gospel Order9. Spreading Forth the TruthPart III. Origins and Development10. From Lollards to Quakers11. Dregs of the People12. The Growth and Decline of QuakerismPart IV. Quakers and the World13. A Suffering People14. The Quakers in SocietyConclusion

Editorial Reviews

...this book is most welcome. It resolvessome long-standing puzzles in Quaker studies as well as posing some new challenges.
—The Times Literary Supplement

Adrian Davies