‘The last revelation that shall be putt in print’: mystics and prophets in Scotland
What does this crystal-ball have in common with this collection of books?… … both have been described as ‘mystic’. Spiritual writing,
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What does this crystal-ball have in common with this collection of books?… … both have been described as ‘mystic’. Spiritual writing,
Continue readingMy name is Michael Riordan and I have fairly recently graduated from Cambridge with a PhD which explored mystics and prophets in Scotland during what we historians like refer to as the long eighteenth century, the period running from the Revolution of 1688 to the Great Reform Act of 1832 (or something like that).
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