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In early modern England, the production of manuscript writing frequently occurred within specific subcultures. For marginalized groups such as Catholics, manuscript played an important role in fomenting opposition to mainstream English culture. As Catholic women participated in spiritual communities that were politically subversive by nature, manuscript circulation provided a vital medium for cultivating personal, familial, and collective forms of agency and identity.
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Goodrich, J. (2022). Manuscript and Catholic Women’s Writing. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01537-4_89-2
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