The history of the life of Thomas Ellwood
By: written by himself ; edited and introduced by Rosemary Moore.
Contributors: Moore, Rosemary Anne.
Series: Sacred literature series
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713
Description: "This new edition of Thomas Ellwood's autobiography will be of interest to social and religious historians, Quakers, English literary scholars, and many others. Ellwood's story recounts the early days of the Friends movement in seventeenth-century England and the persecution of its members. A student of Isaac Penington, an assistant to John Milton, and the editor of the journals of George Fox, Thomas Ellwood gives an account of his tumultuous life and times."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.