
Prophets and Witches
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The religious fervour and End of Days enthusiasm precipitated by the Civil War opened the door for unprecedented numbers of women to achieve visibility and spiritual authority as prophets. However, as self-proclaimed instruments for God's spirit, these women were also exposed to the charge of demonic possession or witchcraft. This book explores both the gender and political elements at work in the construction of the prophet as a witch. It uncovers the role of witchcraft in the dominant political and religious debates and power conflicts of the times, which provides a crucial framework for the female prophet's transformation from divine instrument to demonic witch. This study of the early modern prophet and witch reveals the fluidity, and at times close relationship of these assumed opposites.
This book is a valuable resource to students and scholars of early modern England, the English Civil War and all readers interested in female religiosity, prophecy, witchcraft, demonology and early Quakerism.
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'In this welcome and nuanced study, Debra Parish maps out the murky borderlands between female prophecy, demonic possession and witch beliefs in revolutionary England, with a keen eye on the religious politics of the age. The result is a reminder that the concept of witchcraft - and indeed divine authority - was bound into the larger debates of this turbulent period.'Darren Oldridge, University of Worcester, UK
'This makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the period of the English Revolution, by teasing out the relationship between attitudes to religion, magic and gender, as they operated in a cross-fire over the appearance of radical prophetesses.'
Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol, UK
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Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: 'There Is No Self in this Thing': The Power of Female Prophecy
Chapter Two: The Prophet and the Witch: Slippery Categories
Chapter Three: 'Believe Not Every Spirit': The Witch as the False Prophet
Chapter Four: 'I Will Make Thee an Instrument': The Visionary Performance
Chapter Five: 'The Devil Is Broke Loose': God's Instruments/Satan's Instruments
Chapter Six: 'Quaking Witches': Quakerism and Witchcraft
Chapter Seven: 'Rebel Witches': Witchcraft and Rebellion and Politics
Conclusion
Index
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