Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies (Paperback)

Eleanor Davies (1590-1652) was one of the most prolific women writing in early seventeenth-century England. This volume includes thirty-eight of the sixty-some prophetic tracts that she published. Inspired to prophecy by a visionary experience in 1625, the year of Charles I's accession to the throne, she devoted herself to warning her contemporaries that the Day of Judgement was imminent. Her zeal and her intricately constructed tracts confounded contemporaries who called her mad. She experienced repeated imprisonment and also confinement to Bedlam, London's mental hospital. The tracts tell her own story as woman and prophet. They offer an opportunity to study her experiences as wife, mother, and widow; they also exhibit her extraordinary intellect, extensive education, and fascination with words. In showing how England's history was fulfilling the biblical prophecies in the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation, she commented about the political and religious controversies of the turbulent period preceding and during the English Civil War and Revolution.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Women Writers in English 1350-1850
Release date:	1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Eleanor Davies
Editors:	Esther S. Cope (Professor of History)
Dimensions:	209 x 137 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-508717-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > Nature & existence of God Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > Nature & existence of God Books > Christianity
LSN:	0-19-508717-8
Barcode:	9780195087178

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