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Little Gidding
Little Gidding, a manor in Huntingdonshire where N. Ferrar and his family established, 1625–46, a religious community of some 40 members, following a systematic rule of private devotion, public charity, and study. The house was visited by Charles I, Crashaw, and G. Herbert, and Shorthouse's novel John Inglesant (1881) portrays its life vividly. It was raided by Cromwell's soldiers in 1646, and the community dispersed. T. S. Eliot celebrates it in ‘Little Gidding’, one of the Four Quartets, and its activities are recorded in The Little Gidding Story Books, part of which was printed in 1899, ed. E. C. Sharland.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LittleGidding.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LittleGidding.html |
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Little Gidding
Little Gidding. The early 17th-cent. Hunting-donshire community of about forty members led by the Anglican deacon Nicholas Ferrar (1592–1637). Often critically referred to as ‘the Arminian Nunnery’, from the title of a scurrilous pamphlet published in 1641, the household ordered its life by a set pattern of spiritual devotion with daily services, also paying attention to the study of theology and the practice of daily work.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-LittleGidding.html JOHN BOWKER. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-LittleGidding.html |
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Little Gidding
Little Gidding. A manor, 11 miles NW of Huntingdon, where the Ferrar family lived under a religious rule in the C of E from 1625 until they were raided by O. Cromwell's soldiers in 1646. The household consisted of Nicholas Ferrar, his mother, and the families of his brother and sister. They followed a systematic round of devotion and work, reciting the whole Psalter each day, and engaging in charitable work for the neighbourhood.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LittleGidding.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Little Gidding." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LittleGidding.html |
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Gidding, Little
Gidding, Little. See LITTLE GIDDING.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gidding, Little." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gidding, Little." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GiddingLittle.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gidding, Little." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GiddingLittle.html |
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