The earliest Quakers were convinced that they were living as the vanguard of an inward second coming of Christ. This volume considers the nature of Quaker liturgy and how it has changed since then, particularly in the liberal or unprogrammed tradition of Quaker worship.
"John Lilburne (1615-1657), or 'Freeborn John' as he was called by the London crowd, was an important political agitator during the English Revolution. He was one of the leading figures in The Levellers, the short-lived but highly influential radical sect that called for law ref…
Introduction: John Lilburne, the Levellers, and the English Revolution / John Rees -- John Lilburne and the citizenship of "free-born Englishmen" / Rachel Foxley -- Lilburne, toleration and the civil state / Norah Carlin -- Women and the Levellers: Elizabeth and John Lilburne an…
"John Lilburne (1615-1657), or 'Freeborn John' as he was called by the London crowd, was an important political agitator during the English Revolution. He was one of the leading figures in The Levellers, the short-lived but highly influential radical sect that called for law ref…
"John Lilburne (1615-1657), or 'Freeborn John' as he was called by the London crowd, was an important political agitator during the English Revolution. He was one of the leading figures in The Levellers, the short-lived but highly influential radical sect that called for law ref…
"Seneca Possessed examines the ordeal of a Native people in the wake of the American Revolution. As part of the once-formidable Iroquois Six Nations in western New York, Senecas occupied a significant if ambivalent place within the newly established United States. They found the…
Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"--Culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally--in the wake of the American Revolution
The author uses archaeological and archival information to reveal the everyday life of this group of Quakers residing in the British Virgin Islands between 1741 and 1763. He traces this discreet group of mostly poor, white planters settled on Tortola in the community of Little J…
Introduction: "In the bowels of Our Lord"--Contexts : the history and archaeology of the British Virgin Islands and their Meeting -- "Two plantations" on the plantation : simplicity, wealth, and status -- "Furnished with convenience for a meeting house" : simplicity and meetingh…