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Secretaries of God

Women Prophets in Late Medieval and Early Modern England [Paperback]

by Diane Watt

    • Author

      Diane Watt

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Boydell & Brewer Ltd

    • Published

      November 1997

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      Diane Watt sets aside the conventional hiatus between the medieval and early modern periods in her study of women's prophecy, following the female experience from medieval sainthood to radical Protestantism. The English women prophets and visionaries whose voices are recovered here all lived between the twelfth and the seventeenth centuries and claimed, through the medium of trances and eucharistic piety, to speak for God. They include Margery Kempe and the medieval visionaries, Elizabeth Barton (the Holy Maid of Kent), the Reformation martyr Anne Askew and other godly women described in John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, and Lady Eleanor Davies as an example of a woman prophet of the Civil War. The strategies women devised to be heard and read are exposed, showing that through prophecy they were often able to intervene in the religious and political discourse of the their times: the role of God's secretary gave them the opportunity to act and speak autonomously and publicly. This book is the winner of Foster Watson Memorial Gift for 1998. Diane Watt is Professor of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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      • Author

        Diane Watt

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Published

        November 1997

      • Edition

        New edition

      • Weight

        300g

      • Page Count

        198

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 12 mm

      • ISBN

        9780859916141

      • ISBN-10

        0859916146

      • Eden Code

        1197096

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      • Author/Creator: Diane Watt

      • ISBN: 9780859916141

      • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Release Date: November 1997

      • Weight: 300g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 12 mm

      • Eden Code: 1197096


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