The devil and demonism in early modern England / Nathan Johnstone

Author:: Johnstone, Nathan
Published:: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:: x, 334 pages ; 24 cm.

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Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Contents:

The synagogue of Satan : anti-Catholicism, false doctrine and the construction of contrariety -- Temptation : the Protestant dynamic of diabolic agency and the resurgence of clerical mediation -- Satan and the godly in early modern England -- Incarnate devils : crime narratives, demonisation and audience empathy -- 'What concord hath Christ with Belial?' : de facto satanism and the temptation of the body politic, 1570-1640 -- 'Grand Plato's progress through great Britaine' : the Civil War and the zenith of satanic politics -- 'The Devil's alpha and omega' : temptation at the cutting edge of faith in the Civil War and the Interregnum.

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ISBN:

0521802369 (hbk.)
9780521802369

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-325) and index.

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