Typological Autobiography in Seventeenth-Century England

Abstract

In seventeenth-century England, some writers treated their own lives as though they were neotypes of biblical figures. Arise Evans, Francis Bampfield, and Lodowick Muggleton all wrote autobiographies in which recourse to typological thinking helps to resolve psychological difficulties. Both Evans and Bampfield develop a private theological system; Muggleton actually becomes the founder of a new religion.