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The Valiant Sixty were a group of early leaders and activists in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). They were itinerant preachers, mostly from northern England, who spread the ideas of the Friends during the second half of the Seventeenth Century, and were also called the First Publishers of Truth. There were actually more than sixty of them. == Most Prominent Members of the Valiant Sixty == *George Fox is often considered the founder of the Friends movement. Some historians believe that he was one among several people with similar religious ideas who eventually banded together. He outlasted some of the other leaders, and his speeches and journal were very influential. *Margaret Fell was one of the earliest sponsors of Fox and the Friends movement. She opened her home, Swarthmoor Hall, to Quaker meetings. She later married Fox. *Edward Burrough was an early preacher and apologist for the Friends who debated John Bunyan in a series of tracts. *Mary Fisher was a preacher and missionary who traveled to the New World and to Turkey to spread Friends beliefs. *Francis Howgill was already a Nonconformist when he met Fox. It is possible that he influenced Fox as much as Fox influenced him. His wife Mary was also a member of the Valiant Sixty. *Elizabeth Hooton was a former Baptist who joined the Society of Friends in its early days. She died on a trip to the New World with other Friends, including George Fox. *James Nayler was a very radical member of the Society of Friends. Fox and he had a disagreement about his more radical behavior, but he was certainly one of the most influential Friends in those days. *George Whitehead was a teenage preacher who traveled across England. James Parnell, Edward Burrough and Whitehead were the only teenagers in the Valiant Sixty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valiant Sixty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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