Mark Knights

The Devil in Disguise

Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780199577958
• ISBN-10: 0199577951
• Artikelnr.: 36839001

Autorenporträt

Mark Knights is Professor of History at Warwick University. He has written two books about later Stuart political culture, including Representation and Misrepresentation in Later Stuart Britain: Partisanship and Political Culture which is also published by Oxford University Press, and has also written elsewhere about early modern ideas, print, and discourse. He recently organized a conference held in Parliament to mark the tercentenary of the trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell, whose trial features in the book.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Characters
Chronology
Note to the Reader
Introduction
1: The Trial of Spencer Cowper
2: Partisan Feuds
3: Quakers
4: Moral Panic and Marital Affairs
5: Fanatics and False Brethren
6: Despair and Demonism
Conclusion
Glossary
Index