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The story of Quakerism in Scotland, 1650-1850 : with an epilogue on the period 1850-1950 / by William H. Marwick.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge : Lutherworth Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780718842260
  • 071884226X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Story of Quakerism in Scotland: 1650-1850.DDC classification:
  • 289.6411 289.6411 18
LOC classification:
  • BX7685 .B8 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Story of Quakerism in Scotland; PART ONE; 1. Quakerism Arrives in Scotland; 2. First Stirrings in Edinburgh; 3. Up and Down Scotland; 4. First Persecutions in Scotland; 5. George Fox and his Friends in Scotland; 6. The Quakers and the Army of Occupation; 7. The Last Years of the Commonwealth Period; PART TWO; 8. The Quakers and the Restoration Acts; 9. Progress and Conflict in Aberdeen; 10. The Following Tide of Persecution in Aberdeen; 11. The Conventicle Act and The Declaration of Indulgence.
12. Through the Parishes of the North of Scotland13. The Height of the Persecution in Aberdeen; 14. George Keith; 15. The Barclays of Mothers and Urie; 16. Quakerism in Angus and the Mearns; 17. In Edinburgh and the Borders; 18. Meeting Houses and Burial Grounds; 19. Quaker Schools in Scotland; PART THREE; 20. The Revolution Settlement and the Advent of Toleration; 21. The Quakers and the Coventanters; 22. Turbulent Years in Edinburgh and Glasgow; 23. Factors Contributing to the Decline of Quakerism; 24. Personalities Amid the Ruins; 25. Quakers and Jacobites in the Highlands and Islands.
26. Famous Visitors to Scotland27. The Quaker Contribution to Social and Humanitarian Activities in Scotland; 28. The Quakers and Scottish Churchmen of Last Century; 29. Why Quakerism Failed in Scotland; Epilogue; Places in Scotland which Quakerism Reached (1650-1850); Notes and References; Bibliography; Back cover.
Summary: Covering three hundred years of history, G.B. Burnet uncovers the beginnings and downfall of the Scottish Quaker movement, which, during its period of 1650-1850, had an estimated 1500 adherents. The story of Quakerism can be divided into four main periods: its rise during the few years of Cromwell's rule; the 'epic' period during the latter Stuart dynasty, during which it reached a height and simultaenously underwent its cruellest persecutions in Aberdeen; its gradual decline with occasional surges of social activity; and its dwindling activities in the nineteenth century. Burnet writes with c.
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Originally published: London : J. Clarke, 1952.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 3, 2013).

Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Story of Quakerism in Scotland; PART ONE; 1. Quakerism Arrives in Scotland; 2. First Stirrings in Edinburgh; 3. Up and Down Scotland; 4. First Persecutions in Scotland; 5. George Fox and his Friends in Scotland; 6. The Quakers and the Army of Occupation; 7. The Last Years of the Commonwealth Period; PART TWO; 8. The Quakers and the Restoration Acts; 9. Progress and Conflict in Aberdeen; 10. The Following Tide of Persecution in Aberdeen; 11. The Conventicle Act and The Declaration of Indulgence.

12. Through the Parishes of the North of Scotland13. The Height of the Persecution in Aberdeen; 14. George Keith; 15. The Barclays of Mothers and Urie; 16. Quakerism in Angus and the Mearns; 17. In Edinburgh and the Borders; 18. Meeting Houses and Burial Grounds; 19. Quaker Schools in Scotland; PART THREE; 20. The Revolution Settlement and the Advent of Toleration; 21. The Quakers and the Coventanters; 22. Turbulent Years in Edinburgh and Glasgow; 23. Factors Contributing to the Decline of Quakerism; 24. Personalities Amid the Ruins; 25. Quakers and Jacobites in the Highlands and Islands.

26. Famous Visitors to Scotland27. The Quaker Contribution to Social and Humanitarian Activities in Scotland; 28. The Quakers and Scottish Churchmen of Last Century; 29. Why Quakerism Failed in Scotland; Epilogue; Places in Scotland which Quakerism Reached (1650-1850); Notes and References; Bibliography; Back cover.

Covering three hundred years of history, G.B. Burnet uncovers the beginnings and downfall of the Scottish Quaker movement, which, during its period of 1650-1850, had an estimated 1500 adherents. The story of Quakerism can be divided into four main periods: its rise during the few years of Cromwell's rule; the 'epic' period during the latter Stuart dynasty, during which it reached a height and simultaenously underwent its cruellest persecutions in Aberdeen; its gradual decline with occasional surges of social activity; and its dwindling activities in the nineteenth century. Burnet writes with c.

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