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Subject(s)

• Women—England—History—17th century [Browse]
• Feminism—England—History—17th century [Browse]
• Women's rights—England—History—17th century [Browse]
• Women and religion—England—History—17th century [Browse]

Series

Cambridge studies in early modern British history [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. 'The Order of the Platonic Ladies': Mary Astell and her Circle: 1. Female advocates: defences of women in seventeenth-century England; 2. 'Out of choice and not necessitie': the celibacy of Mary Astell; 3. Reason, gender and the passions in Mary Astell; 4. Mary Astell's feminism and the religion of Protestants; Part II. 'The Company of the She-Publishers': Prophets, Mystics and Visionaries: 5. Quaker women and Protestant renewal; 6. Millenarians and Philadelphians; 7. The universal principle of grace; 8. The divine life: celestial flesh and inner light; Conclusion; Bibliography.

ISBN

• 9780521513968
• 0521513960

LCCN

2010000055

OCLC

502428489

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