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  • Autobiographical Writings by Early Quaker Women

    by David Booy ...
    Series series The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
    While writings by early modern Quaker women have been discussed and quoted fairly extensively, relatively few of their texts are readily or widely available. The chief purpose of this edition is to rectify this state of affairs in one central area - that of autobiographical writing. The edition contains substantial excerpts from a range of self-writings by Quaker women, composed between the 1650s ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Personal Disclosures

    An Anthology of Self-Writings from the Seventeenth Century

    by David Booy ...
    Series series The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
    The seventeenth century saw a dramatic increase in self-writing-from the private jotting down of personal thoughts in an irregular and spontaneous way, to the carefully considered composition of extended autobiographical narrative and deliberate self-fashioning for public consumption. Recent anthologies of women's writing, drawing to some extent on this rich but relatively little-known archive, ... Read more

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  • The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618–1654

    A Selection

    Edited by David Booy ...
    Writings by early-modern English artisans are rare and thus precious. London wood-turner and puritan, Nehemiah Wallington (1598-1658) is exceptional for having compiled fifty notebooks between 1618 and 1654. Although only seven of these are extant, they not only provide a wealth of valuable information about life in seventeenth-century London, but more importantly give access to the author's ... Read more

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  • Complete Poetical Works of John Donne (Delphi Classics)

    Series Book 16 - Delphi Poets Series
    John Donne is widely regarded as the pre-eminent metaphysical poet, whose works are celebrated for their sensual style, vibrant language and inventive genius. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the Donne's complete poetical works, with rare texts, beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. ... Read more

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  • The Journal of George Fox

    by George Fox ...
    George Fox's record of his life and ministry is a Christian classic. Its pages chroncile not only Fox's spiritual travial when he heard a voice that said, "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition," but his years of ministry and gathering a people for Christ who became known as the Society of Friends. Includes a glossary of words and phrases most commonly used by Fox. ... Read more

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  • William Blake

    The very best poems from one of the most important figures of the Romantic Age

    by William Blake ...
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    In Tudor and Stuart England

    The Devil was a commanding figure in Tudor and Stuart England. He played a leading role in the religious and political conflicts of the age, and inspired great works of poetry and drama. During the turmoil of the English Civil War, fears of a secret conspiracy of Devil-worshippers fuelled a witch-hunt that claimed at least a hundred lives. This book traces the idea of the Devel from the English ... Read more

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  • The Demonology of King James I

    Includes the Original Text of Daemonologie and News from Scotland

    by Donald Tyson ...
    Written by King James I and published in 1597, the original edition of Demonology is widely regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial religious writings in history, yet because it is written in the language of its day, it has been notoriously difficult to understand.Now occult scholar Donald Tyson has modernized and annotated the original text, making this historically important ... Read more

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  • George Fox

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  • The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662

    The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662

    Edited by Brian Cummings ...
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    'In the midst of life we are in death' The words of the Book of Common Prayer have permeated deep into the English language all over the world. For nearly 500 years, and for countless people, it has provided a background fanfare for a marriage or a funeral march at a burial. Yet this familiarity also hides a violent and controversial history. When it was first produced the Book of Common Prayer ... Read more

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    Jacobean England and the Making of the King James Bible (Text only)

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