The Prophetess and the Patriarch: The Visions of an Anti-Regicide in Seventeenth-Century England Volume 96
(Part of the The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series Series)
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Published for the first time in full, a common woman's writings reveal the startling role she played in England's revolt against the monarchy. In 1649, a seamstress named Elizabeth Poole appeared at the Whitehall debates in London to prophesy in front of Parliament's army shortly after it had defeated the crown in the English civil wars. Invited to help deliberate the fate of Charles I, Poole advised the army to spare the king's life...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1649590725
ISBN13:9781649590725
Release Date:December 2024
Publisher:Iter Press
Length:274 Pages
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