Browsing by Subject "seventeenth century"
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"Generally Fitt to be Trusted": Social Networks and the Moral Economies of Sugar Plantations in Early Anglo-Jamaica
(2015)This thesis argues that white residents in seventeenth-century Jamaica circulated within an economy of obligation, or an economic culture in which character, reputation and trust were vital, particularly as it related to ... -
The Prophethood of All Believers: George Fox, Prophecy, and the Quaker Quest for Respectability, 1647-1691
(2017-09-01)The early years of the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, were synonymous with erratic behaviour and ecstatic prophecy. Individual Friends let themselves be guided by the inward light (God’s spirit) to prophesy ... -
Protestantism in the Origins of Seventeenth-Century Barbadian Servitude and Slavery
(2017-09-08)Seventeenth-century Barbados drew on centuries of Christian tradition to help develop its reliance on plantation slavery and servitude. The majority of its indentured servants were “cordially loathed” Irish Roman Catholics, ...