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Personal Disclosures: An Anthology of Self-Writings from the Seventeenth Century

Author(s): Booy, David
ISBN10: 0754601218
ISBN13: 9780754601210
Cover: Hardcover
 
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Table of Contents
General Editor's Preface x
Acknowledgements xi
Permissions xiii
General Introduction 1(20)
Editorial Note 21(6)
Marriage
27(64)
Introduction
29(12)
Letters to her Husband
41(3)
Maria Thynne
Meditation on her Husband's Corpse
44(3)
Grace Mildmay
Marriage Negotiations
47(5)
Simonds D'Ewes
Family Letters
52(8)
Adam
John
Margaret Winthrop
A Widow's Reflection on her Three Marriages
60(5)
Martha Moulsworth
His Marriage and the Death of his Wife
65(4)
Archibald Johnston
Letters to his Sister-in-Law and his Brother
69(3)
Nicholas Ferrar
Being put in her Place by her Husband
72(2)
Ann Fanshawe
His Marriage and the Death of His Wife
74(5)
Oliver Heywood
His Wife's Daily Routine
79(3)
Anthony Walker
An Altercation with her Husband and his Family
82(4)
Alice Hayes
Reflections on an Unsatisfactory Husband
86(5)
Elizabeth Freke
Parents and Children
91(60)
Introduction
93(12)
Letters to her Mother-in-Law
105(3)
Maria Thynne
Memories of a Difficult Childhood
108(3)
Thomas Shepard
Letters to her Son at University
111(4)
Katherine Paston
Letters Between Brothers
115(4)
Henry
James Oxinden
Battles with her Father over Matters of Faith
119(5)
Catherine Holland
Problems in the Household
124(4)
Archibald Johnston
The Death of her Baby Son
128(2)
Katherine Philips
His Upbringing
130(3)
Roger North
Conflict Between a Father and Daughter-in-Law
133(4)
John
Ann Ferrar
Conflict with her Father over Matters of Faith
137(8)
Agnes Beaumont
On his Children
145(6)
Cotton Mather
Beyond the Family
151(70)
Introduction
153(14)
On Money Matters
167(5)
Nehemiah Wallington
Leaving Home
172(3)
John Dane
On her Prospective Sister-in-Law
175(3)
Constantia Fowler
Experiences in the Civil Wars
178(5)
Adam Martindale
Her Relationship with Thomas Howard
183(5)
Anne Halkett
Difficulties as an Apprentice
188(5)
Francis Kirkman
Ending her Engagement
193(6)
Dorothy Osborne
Her Relationship with Mistress Carter
199(5)
Elizabeth Delaval
Love and Friendship
204(7)
Roger Lowe
Early Experiences as a Clergyman
211(5)
Isaac Archer
Returning to his Native Village
216(5)
Edward Barlow
States of Body, States of Mind
221(70)
Introduction
223(16)
His Chronic Illness
239(4)
Richard Kilby
Being Tortured by the Spanish Inquisition
243(4)
William Lithgow
On Being a Galley Slave
247(2)
Francis Knight
Childhood Illness and Intellectual Development
249(3)
Robert Boyle
Reflections on her Character and Personality
252(5)
Margaret Cavendish
Experiences During a Time of War
257(4)
Anne Halkett
Captivity Among The Iroquois
261(6)
Pierre Radisson
Anxieties About his Sexual Health
267(4)
Michael Wigglesworth
Development from Childhood to Early Manhood
271(4)
George Wheler
Her Troubled State of Mind
275(3)
Catherine Holland
Experience of Childbirth
278(4)
Alice Thornton
Her Illness and the Death of her Adult Son
282(3)
Mary Rich
Motivations for Writing, and Protracted Illness
285(6)
Catherine Burton
Religious Experience
291(72)
Introduction
293(14)
Mental Breakdown and Recovery
307(7)
Dionys Fitzherbert
Called by God to be a Prophet
314(4)
Arise Evans
Experiences and Resolutions of a Nun
318(6)
Lucy Knatchbull
Spiritual Turmoil as a Young Man
324(4)
Thomas Shepard
Spiritual Turmoil as a Child and Young Man
328(4)
John Rogers
His Trial, Punishment and Imprisonment
332(4)
Henry Burton
Under Cross-Examination
336(4)
Laurence Clarkson
Frances Marchant
Two Dreams of Christ
340(4)
Mary Penington
Imprisonment for her Faith
344(5)
Anna Trapnel
Punishment Meted Out to a Quaker
349(2)
Dorothy Waugh
An Account of his Madness
351(7)
George Trosse
The Spiritual Life of a Young Minister
358(5)
Cotton Mather
New Worlds
363(70)
Introduction
365(14)
Negotiations with the Indians of Surat
379(5)
Thomas Roe
Observations on the Khoikhoi People
384(4)
Edward Terry
Trading on the River Gambra
388(4)
Richard Jobson
A Letter from Virginia
392(3)
Richard Frethorne
An Ice-Bound Winter
395(4)
Thomas James
Soldiering in the Low Countries
399(3)
Thomas Raymond
An Encounter with Two St Tiago Women
402(4)
Richard Ligon
T.S.: A Prisoner of the Turks
406(4)
Journeys in Ireland and to Spain and Frances
410(5)
Ann Fanshawe
A Quaker's Experience in New England
415(4)
Elizabeth Hooton
Captivity Among the Narragansetts
419(5)
Mary Rowlandson
Buying and Transporting African Slaves
424(5)
Thomas Phillips
Castaways in Florida
429(4)
Jonathan Dickinson
Select Bibliography 433(6)
Index 439

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