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The early Quaker movement was remarkable for its prolific use of the printing press. Carefully orchestrated by a handful of men and women who were the movement's leaders, printed tracts were an integral feature of the rapid spread of Quaker ideas in the 1650s. Drawing on very rich documentary evidence, this book examines how and why Quakers were able to make such effective use of print. As a crucial element in an extensive proselytising campaign, printed tracts enabled the emergence of the Quaker movement as a uniform, national phenomenon. The book explores the impressive organization underpinning Quaker pamphleteering and argues that the early movement should not be dismissed as a disillusioned spiritual remnant of the English Revolution, but was rather a purposeful campaign which sought, and achieved, effective dialogue with both the body politic and society at large.

Book history --- anno 1600-1699 --- Great Britain --- Friends in literature --- Quakers in literature --- 094:289.6 --- 094:93 <041> --- 094 "16" --- 289.6 --- 942.06 --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Society of Friends. Quakers --- Oude drukken i.v.m. geschiedenis--Brochures. Pamfletten. Essays --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--17e eeuw. Periode 1600-1699 --- Society of Friends. Quakers --- Geschiedenis van Engeland--(1603-1714) --- 942.06 Geschiedenis van Engeland--(1603-1714) --- 289.6 Society of Friends. Quakers --- 094 "16" Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--17e eeuw. Periode 1600-1699 --- 094:93 <041> Oude drukken i.v.m. geschiedenis--Brochures. Pamfletten. Essays --- 094:289.6 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Society of Friends. Quakers --- Christianity and literature --- Christian literature, English --- Christian literature --- English prose literature --- Pamphlets --- Printing --- Quakers --- Tracts --- Chapbooks --- Friends --- Friends (Quakers) --- Society of Friends --- Booklets --- Leaflets --- Street literature --- Vertical files (Libraries) --- English literature --- Christian writings --- Literature --- Religious literature --- History --- History and criticism --- Publishing --- Quaker authors&delete& --- Intellectual life --- Quaker authors --- Early modern, 1500-1700 --- England --- 17th century --- Christian literature [English ]