Prophets and Witches - Witchcraft, Gender, and Politics in Revolutionary England

Prophets and Witches offers an exploration of female prophecy and witchcraft during the political and religious upheavals of the English Revolutionary period from 1640 to 1660.

List of contents

Contents
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

About the author

Debra Parish is a post-doctoral honorary research fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. Her research interests are early modern women's religiosity, prophecy and witchcraft. Her publications include a book chapter titled 'Anna Trapnel: Prophet or Witch' in Women on the Edge in Early Modern Europe (2019) and journal articles including 'The Power of Female Piety' (1992) and most recently 'Civility, Gender and Women's Preaching' (2024).

Product details

• Authors: Debra Parish
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032579672
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257967-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, European History, Witchcraft, Spiritualism, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Women, History of Religion, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), English Civil War, Civil wars, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems