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Murray Gove

Doctoral Student in Literature - Murray’s thesis is entitled ‘Women Prophets, Religion, and Travel in Early Modern England and wider Europe, c. 1600 – 1700’

Research Project Title:

Women Prophets, Religion, and Travel in Early Modern England and wider Europe, c. 1600-1700

 

Supervisors:

Prof Kate Chedgzoy, Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Simon Mills

Contact Details:

Email: m.gove@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Research Interests:

  • The prophetic writings of Lady Eleanor Davies (1590-1652), Anna Trapnel (fl. 1642-1660), Katherine Sutton (fl. 1630-1663), Katherine Evans (1618-1692), and Sarah Cheevers (1608-1664)
  • Voices of women in non-conformist Christian denominations in early modern England, wider Europe, and colonial North America
  • The birth of Anglicanism in Reformation England and the theological and liturgical innovations of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
  • The printing, transmission and use of The Book of Common Prayer throughout the early modern period
  • The works of the poet Richard Crashaw (c. 1613-1649)

Brief Outline of Research Project:

In my research I reconsider religion and mobility in texts written by women prophets in seventeenth-century England, as well as the physical and intellectual mobility of these women and the texts themselves. Tracking the journeys of Protestant women across regional and national borders in seventeenth-century England and wider Europe, I examine geographical travel as a crucial vector in the transmission of prophecy via printed and oral culture, as women prophets travelled to publishing houses as well as public forums.

Research Activities:

Funding and Awards
  • Northern Bridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership
Conferences
  • 'Negotiating Boundaries: Early Modern Texts and Cultures', London Shakespeare Centre & Shakespeare’s Globe Graduate Conference, February 2020
  • 'Early Modern Women on Politics and Ethics', University of Gothenburg, October 2023
  • 'The Bible and Histories of Reading', Rare Book School (Philadelphia), May-June 2024
Other

Research Groups:

  • MEMS (Medieval & Early Modern Studies) research group
  • NUMPS (Newcastle University Manuscript & Print Studies) research group

Academic Background:

  • MA in Early Modern English Literature: Text & Transmission – King’s College London
  • BA (Hons) in English Literature – Newcastle University

 

Website:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-gove-74a107141/