Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies
The feel-good place to buy books
Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies by Davies
Eleanor Davies was one of the most prolific women writing in early seventeenth-century England. This volume includes 38 of the sixty-odd tracts that she published. Inspired to prophecy by a visionary experience in 1625, the year of Charles I's accession to the throne, she devoted herself to warning her contemporaries that the Day of Judgement was imminent. Her zeal and her intricately constructed tracts confounded contemporaries who called her mad. She experienced repeated imprisonment and also confinement to Bedlam, London's mental hospital. The tracts tell her own story as woman and prophet. They offer an opportunity to study her experiences as wife, mother, and widow; they also exhibit her extraordinary intellect, extensive education, and her fascination with words. In showing how England's history was fulfilling the biblical prophecies in the book of Daniel and Revelation, she commented about the political and religious controversies of the turbulent period preceding and during the Englsih Civil War and Revolution.
An important addition to the `canon' in carefully edited, accessible, and affordable text* Dr. K. Blumreich, Grand Valley State University *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195087178 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195087178 |
| Title | Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies |
| Author | Davies |
| Series | Women Writers In English 1350-1850 |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1996-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |