The devil in disguise: deception, delusion, and fanaticism in the early English enlightenment

This study illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about. The book does so through the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the...

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Beteilige Person: Knights, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2011
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199577958.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199577958.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:This study illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about. The book does so through the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Their dramatic history contains a murder mystery, bigamy, a scandal novel, and a tyrannized wife, all set against a backdrop of violently competing local factions, rampant religious prejudice, and the last conviction of a witch in England.
Beschreibung:Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 279 S.) Ill.
ISBN:9780191804472
DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199577958.001.0001