Books written by Richard C. Allen
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The Quakers, 1656-1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community
This groundbreaking collection sheds new light on a range of subjects, including the often tense relations between Quakers and the authorities, the role of female Friends during the Second Period, the effect of major industrial development ...
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The Quakers, 1656–1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community
(London: s.n., 1663), 11–14; Kenneth L. Carroll, “Elizabeth Harris, the Founder of American Quakerism,” QH 57 (1968): 96–111. 77. LSF, MS 351,66; Besse, ... Caton, Journal, 20–21; LAF, MS 323, 12, the account by John Stubbs...
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Faith of Our Fathers: Popular Culture and Belief in Post-Reformation England, Ireland and Wales
In his Visitation Return to Archbishop Drummond in 1764, he complained of 'Methodists [who] are pretty numerous in the remoter parts of this parish'. He was referring to two townships about five miles as the crow flies and across three ...
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Quaker Communities in Early Modern Wales: From Resistance to Respectability
Quakerism has long fascinated historians and religious scholars, and Richard Allen’s examination of the community’s rise and fall in Wales holds a wealth of new insights. The prominent role played...
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Manual of Oculoplastic Surgery
Each procedure in this must-have resource includes a review of the surgical anatomy, step-by-step instructions, plus the book is complete with more than one hundred color illustrations and dozens of surgical videos for further education.
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Fundamentals of Numerical Computing
This book examines the solution of some of the most common problems of numerical computation. By concentrating on one effective algorithm for each basic task, it develops the fundamental theory...
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Welsh Quaker Emigrants and Colonial Pennsylvania: Transatlantic Connections
Exploring the emigration to colonial Pennsylvania of Welsh members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), this book appraises their experiences during a period of unparalleled change.
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The Quakers, 1656-1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community
Explores the second period of the development of Quakerism, specifically focusing on changes in Quaker theology, authority and institutional structures, and political trajectories.
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Irelands of the Mind: Memory and Identity in Modern Irish Culture
His most recent work is being published as Handloom Weavers in Ulster's Linen Industry, 1815-1914 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, forthcoming). Michael Higgins lectures in media and journalism at the University of Strathclyde, ...
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Mental Health in America: The Years of Crisis
Mental Health in America: The Years of Crisis