The Prophetess and the Patriarch: The Visions of an Anti-Regicide in Seventeenth-Century England Volume 96

by Elizabeth Poole

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: July 2024
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Length: 262 Pages