People and Piety: Protestant Devotional Identities in Early Modern England

Ann Hughes explores the significant role of sermon note-taking, an oft-neglected but vital aspect of Protestant piety, in the devotional lives of Katherine Gell and her family, and ably demonstrates the communal nature of such writing, particularly among female relatives. Michael Durrant offers an i...

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Published inBunyan studies no. 25; pp. 119 - 123
Main Author Wilcox, Helen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2021
Subjects
17th century
Dutch language
Essays
God
Note taking
Prisons
Religion
Sermons
Spirituality
Writing
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:Ann Hughes explores the significant role of sermon note-taking, an oft-neglected but vital aspect of Protestant piety, in the devotional lives of Katherine Gell and her family, and ably demonstrates the communal nature of such writing, particularly among female relatives. Michael Durrant offers an intriguing interpretation of the Dutch printer's device on the title page of Katherine Sutton's Experiences (1663) as an instance of 'the bibliographical coordinates of the printing house and the devotional coordinates of the convert coming into expressive alignment'. The outcome is her exhilarating claim that, since the incarcerated individual can become a redeemable soul, the prison cell is 'a potentially sacred space'.
ISSN:0954-0970