women prophets in late medieval and early modern England /
Diane Watt.
Rochester, NY, USA :
D.S. Brewer,
1997.
1 online resource (198 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-188) and index.
Crossing the Great Divide: continuity and change in women's prophetic experience -- A prophet in her own country: Margery Kempe and the medieval tradition. The authority of prophetic experience. Prophecy in the Middle Ages. Kempe and the medieval women prophets. Conflict, controversy and prophetic identity -- Of the seed of Abraham: Elizabeth Barton, the 'Holy Maid of Kent'. Reassessing Barton's infamy. Illness and inspiration. Prophecy and politics. Silencing the lamb -- Serpents and doves: Anne Askew and Foxe's Godly women. The prophet and her publisher. John Bale as editor. Askew's imitation of Christ. The prophet as martyr. The legacy of the acts and monuments -- Alpha and omega: Eleanor Davies, Civil War prophet.