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An unrecorded 1785 discourse by Catharine Macaulay

Abstract:
This article examines a previously overlooked discourse entitled ‘A Quaker’s Sermon’, published in the September 1785 issue of The European Magazine, purportedly by Catharine Macaulay, the celebrated historian, philosopher, and republican writer. It provides reasons in support of the magazine’s attribution of the discourse to Macaulay and explicates the work’s connections to her wider social thought. The article also suggests that Macaulay may have published the discourse as a rhetorical exercise prohibited by most eighteenth-century denominations other than the Quakers: writing a sermon as a woman.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1080/09612025.2025.2541449

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-0336-6385


Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Journal:
Women's History Review More from this journal
Volume:
35
Issue:
3
Pages:
564-570
Publication date:
2025-08-06
Acceptance date:
2025-07-25
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EISSN:
1747-583X
ISSN:
0961-2025


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
2277718
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uuid_159e4156-f0ad-45a8-969d-95fab431e285
Local pid:
pubs:2277718
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2025-11-19
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