The Quakers in English Society, 1655-1725 Contributor(s): Davies, Adrian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198208200 ISBN-13: 9780198208204 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social elite but what of Friends' relationships with others? By examining Quaker attitudes to neighbourliness, the family, the rites of passage, business, and other links, this lively and original study demonstrates that Quakers were not the marginal and isolated people as often portrayed by contemporaries and historians, and explores the their wider and significant impact upon early modern society. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Religion | Christianity - Quaker |
Dewey: 289.642 |
LCCN: 99045356 |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.11 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social élite but what of Friends' relationships with others? By examining Quaker attitudes to neighbourliness, the family, the rites of passage, business, and other links, this lively and original study demonstrates that Quakers were not the marginal and isolated people as often portrayed by contemporaries and historians, and explores the their wider and significant impact upon early modern society. |