The millennial theory of Lucy Hutchinson and Mary Cary

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 425 - 436
• Main Author: McQuade, Paula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 04.05.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; Cary, Mary (ca 1621-1653); Civil War; English Civil War; Eschatology; Fifth Monarchist; Hutchinson, Lucy (1620-1681); Interpreters; Literary criticism; Millennial theory; sectarian; women writers; Writers

This essay compares Lucy Hutchinson's observations concerning millennial theory to those of another seventeenth-century woman writer: the Fifth Monarchist Mary Cary. Near contemporaries, both Hutchinson (b.1620) and Cary (b.1621) were skilled scriptural interpreters who held different views con...