Prophetess and the Patriarch – The Visions of an Anti–Regicide in Seventeenth–Century England
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- ISBN 9781649590725
- Dimensions: 6 x 9mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2024
- Publisher: Iter Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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 but to put him on trial for tyranny and to enter into a new compact with the people. After her visions proved controversial, she was defamed as a prostitute and a witch. She retaliated by printing her prophecies, along with two new defenses of her original revelations. This collection publishes Poole’s pamphlets in full for the first time.
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 but to put him on trial for tyranny and to enter into a new compact with the people. After her visions proved controversial, she was defamed as a prostitute and a witch. She retaliated by printing her prophecies, along with two new defenses of her original revelations. This collection publishes Poole’s pamphlets in full for the first time.
Elizabeth Poole (1588–1654) was a seamstress, prophetess, and writer. Katharine Gillespie is a professor of literature and the humanities at Chapman University. She is the author of multiple books, including Women Writing the English Republic, 1625-1681.
