Announcing an exciting new book by Dr Debra Parish titled Prophets and Witches: Witchcraft, Gender and Politics in Revolutionary England (Routledge, August 2025). It shows how unprecedented numbers of women achieved visibility and authority as visionary prophets in this context of religious and political upheaval. The book also explores the murky boundaries of the early modern prophet and witch, as women who claimed the power of prophecy risked accusations of witchcraft. With a focus on both gender and politics, the author teases out the murky boundaries of prophets and witches, revealing the crossover, and at times close relationship, of these seemingly opposing figures.
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