Davies Adrian. The Quakers in English Society, 1655-1725

Oxford University Press, 2000. — 270 p. ISBN: 0198208200
Oxford Historical Monographs.
The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social élite 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.Abbreviations and Conventions.Part I - Holy Subversives.
Part II - A Peculiar People.
Part III - Origins and Development.
Part IV - Quakers and the World.
Appendix I - A Note on Sources.
Appendix II - Social Origins.