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On the morning of 16 November 1707, Elizabeth Gray entered the Sardinian Chapel in Duke Street, London, where she stripped off her clothes and ran naked to the altar. ‘She appeared in several Strange … Postures, and … did hold forth in a Powerful manner; and could by no means be prevailed upon to desist; but … told them she was come to Reform the people, and bring them to a right understanding.’ It was a full fifteen minutes before she could be prevailed upon to stop talking, dress and leave.1
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Hitchcock, T. (1997). Introduction: Sex before Discourse. In: English Sexualities, 1700–1800. Social History in Perspective. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25407-1_1
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