The Devil's tabernacle: the pagan oracles in early modern thought
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Beteilige Person: Ossa-Richardson, Anthony 1981- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press © 2013
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Beschreibung:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE: Authorities; CHAPTER TWO: Demons; PART TWO; CHAPTER THREE: Nature; CHAPTER FOUR: Imposture; PART THREE; CHAPTER FIVE: Enlightenment?; CHAPTER SIX: Solutions; CONCLUSION: Les lauriers sont coupés; Bibliography; Index
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ISBN:0691157111
1400846595
9780691157115
9781400846597