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Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 1 The Making of a Prophet 21 2 Varieties of Prophecy: Fortune-Tellers, Visionists, and Millenarians 57 3 Body and Soul: The Epistemology of Revelation 96 4 Millenarian Politics: Language and the Public Sphere 134 5 A Rogues' Gallery: Richard Brothers and Nimrod Hughes 178 6 Women of Revelation: Jemima Wilkinson and Joanna Southcott 216 Epilogue 260 Index 273 ...

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