The story of Quakerism in Scotland, 1650-1950
Burnet, George B.2007
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The history of the Society of Friends in Scotland has often been confined to occasional articles in periodicals and passages in Friends' journals. Within this book the reader can learn more about the story of 300 years of Scottish Quakerism.
Main title:
The story of Quakerism in Scotland, 1650-1950 / George B. Burnet ; with an epilogue by William H. Marwick.
Author:
Burnet, George B., authorMarwick, William H., contributor
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Lutterworth, 2007.
Collation:
230 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1952.Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-224) and index.
Contents:
Preface - - Introduction - - Quakerism arrives in Scotland - - First stirrings in Edinburgh - - Up and down Scotland - - First persecutions in Scotland - - George Fox and his Friends in Scotland - - The Quakers and the army of occupation - - The last years of the Commonwealth period - - The Quakers and the Restoration Acts - - Progress and conflict in Aberdeen - - The flowing tide of persecution in Aberdeen - - The Conventicle Act and the Declaration of Indulgence - - Through the parishes of the North of Scotland - - The height of the persecution - - George Keith - - The matters - - Quakers in Angus and the Mearns - - In Edinburgh and the Borders - - Meeting houses and burial grounds - - Quaker schools in Scotland - - The revolution settlement and the advent of toleration - - The Quakers and the Covenanters - - Turbulent years in Edinburgh and Glasgow - - Factors contributing to the decline of Quakerism - - Personalities amid the ruins - - Quakers and Jacobites in the Highlands and Islands - - Famous visitors to Scotland - - The Quaker contributor to social and humanitarian activities in Scotland - - The Quakers and 19th century churchmen - - Why Quakerism failed in Scotland - - Epilogue: The Friends during the last century - - Places in Scotland where Quakerism reached - - Notes and references - - Bibliography - - Index.
ISBN:
9780718891763 (pbk)0718891767 (pbk)
Dewey class:
289.6'411289.6411289.6411289.6289.641
Local class:
289.6411AV7 289.641
Language:
English
BRN:
379527
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