Dublin’s Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707 His economic success helped him gain entree to prominent political and ecclesiastical officials, from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers. With his second wife, Ann, he helped shape the rigorous style of dress and home furnishings
| TITLE | : | Dublin’s Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the Community of Friends, 1643-1707 |
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| RATING | : | 4.81 (230 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0804734526 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 352 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1998-07-01 |
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A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of William Penn and William Edmundson, Anthony Sharp left England in 1669 to settle in Dublin and carve a place for himself in the woolen trade. As a businessman he succeeded brilliantly, employing some 500 workers and amassing a fortune that included lands in Ireland, England, and New Jersey. His economic success helped him gain entree to prominent political and ecclesiastical officials, from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers.Without peer among Irish Friends as an organizer, Sharp played a key role in assisting fellow Quakers to survive repression and to evolve from a small sect into a denomination. With his second wife, Ann, he helped shape the rigorous style of dress and home furnishings that set the Irish Friends apart from their coreligionists in England. Tireless in his work as a secretary, treasurer, and fu
EDITORIAL :
' an interesting study of a leading Friend and his local community and isa valuable contribution to this field'. The English Historical Review
REVIEW :
If your ever in Washington, DC go check out the DAR Museum!!!. Book well written and assembled. How does it turn out? I leave it to you to find out the power and limits of charm.. Rogers astutely chronicles Ayer's smooth relationship and movement through the upper classes so often found in the environment of the English university. He became a sort of celebrity on the BBC, always playing the iconoclastic philosopher, whether debating Frederick Copleston on the existence of God for BBC radio or discussing the nature of knowledge for a televised lecture series. As Rogers notes, Ayer wanted to put an end to philosophy. Unilke Alfred Jules, the Thinker, Freddie the Fop thought with a different organ, judging from his marriages and numerous affairs, sometimes seeing two or more women at the same time. Ayer grasped quite quickly that if one can't out-think one's opponent, it is just as well to
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