The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social ?lite but what of Friends' relationships with others? By examining Quaker attitudes to neighbourliness, the family, the rites of passage, business, and other links, this lively and original study demonstrates that Quakers were not the marginal and isolated people as often portrayed by contemporaries and historians, and explores the their wider and significant impact upon early modern society.
Introduction Part I. Holy Subversives 1. Spiritual Warriors 2. The Quaker Tribe 3. Body Language 4. Levelling Quakers? Part II. A Peculiar People 5. A Community of Worship 6. The Brotherhood 7. Love and Marriage 8. Gospel Order 9. Spreading Forth the Truth Part III. Origins and Development 10. From Lollards to Quakers 11. Dregs of the People 12. The Growth and Decline of Quakerism Part IV. Quakers and the World 13. A Suffering People 14. The Quakers in Society Conclusion
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