Andrew Sneddon

Witchcraft and Whigs

The life of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1660-1739)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed account of the life and work of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1660-1739), author of one of the most important witchcraft texts of the early modern period, An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718). This work has captivated readers for centuries and still a vital source for those investigating witchcraft trials of the period

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096785
• ISBN-10: 0719096782
• Artikelnr.: 41374504

Autorenporträt

Andrew Sneddon is Lecturer in International History at the University of Ulster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction PART I - England 1. Childhood and early career
1660-c.1690 2 . The national church in a Suffolk parish
St. James'
Bury St. Edmunds
1692-1720 3. 'A well affected man': Hutchinson and party politics
1700-20 4. Angels and demons: the mental world of an eighteenth-century Anglican pastor. 5. Hutchinson and witchcraft: An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718) PART II - Ireland 6. The bishop of Down and Connor and the established Church and state in Ireland
1721-39 7. 'Darkness must be expell'd by bringing in the light': the conversion of Irish Catholics
c.1721-34 8. 'Improve everything that is improveable': the social
economic
and cultural 'improvement' of Ireland and the Irish
1721-39 Conclusion Index