Research note

Reflecting on two research notes in this editionof Quaker Studies, this conversation piece considers the commonalitiesbetween them and what they tell us about the direction of future research. Thecontent of each note concerns Quakerism in a local context – examining specificcivic, parochial, and educational debates in the East of England – suggesting aneed to write Quaker history in a plural fashion. Both authors equally reflect,however, on the migration of disputes across regional and even nationalboundaries, as well as the insights close readings of texts can give us into theirdispersion and the theological and practical relations between denominationalgroups. Looking forward, both authors affirm the need for a continuedattendance to these topics, in addition to the representation of female agencyas an authorial and inscribed presence

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