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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Davies, Adrian. Quakers in English Society, The: 1655-1725. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2000 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Davies |
ISBN: | 9780198208204 0198208200 |
OCLC Number: | 1027198588 |
Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
Series Title: | Oxford historical monographs. |
Abstract:
The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social elite but how did that affect Friends' relationships with others? Drawing upon the insights of sociologists and anthropologists, this lively and original study sets out to discover the social consequences of religious belief. Why did the sect appoint its own midwives to attend Quaker women during confinement? Was animosity to Quakerism so great that Friends were excluded from involvement in parish life? And to what extent were the remarkably high literacy rates of Quakers attributable to the Quaker faith or wider social forces? Using a wide ran.
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