Synopses & Reviews
Studies the early Quaker use of printed tracts, how they were produced and used.
Synopsis
From the 1650s, the Quaker movement was unusually prolific in its use of the printing press. This book explores the early Quaker leaders' use of printed tracts, how they were produced, distributed and read, and how they were used as part of a dynamic campaign for religious and political liberty.
About the Author
Kate Peters is Lecturer in Archives and Records Management, University College London.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Writing and authority in the early Quaker movement; 2. The production and readership of Quaker pamphlets; 3. A national movement: pamphleteering in East Anglia; 4. 'The Quakers Quaking': the printed identity of the movement; 5. 'Women's speaking justified': women and pamphleteering; 6. Pamphleteering and religious debate; 7. Print and political participation; 8. The James Nayler crisis, 1656; Bibliography of secondary sources.