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The devil and demonism in early modern England / Nathan Johnstone.

By: Series: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (x, 334 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511140401
  • 9780511140402
  • 0511140274
  • 9780511140273
  • 0511139403
  • 9780511139406
  • 0511139659
  • 9780511139659
  • 9780511495847
  • 0511495846
  • 1280308869
  • 9781280308864
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Devil and demonism in early modern England.DDC classification:
  • 133.420942 22
LOC classification:
  • BF1517.G7 J64 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The synagogue of Satan: anti-Catholicism, false doctrine and the construction of contrariety; 3 Temptation: the Protestant dynamic of diabolic agency and the resurgence of clerical mediation; 4 Satan and the godly in early modern England; 5 Incarnate devils: crime narratives, demonisation and audience empathy; 6 'What concord hath Christ with Belial?': de facto satanism and the temptation of the body politic, 1570-1640.
Summary: Nathan Johnstone examines the concept of the Devil in English culture between the Reformation and the English Civil War. The author looks at the ways in which beliefs about the nature of the Devil changed as a consequence of the Reformation, and its impact on religious, literary and political culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The synagogue of Satan: anti-Catholicism, false doctrine and the construction of contrariety; 3 Temptation: the Protestant dynamic of diabolic agency and the resurgence of clerical mediation; 4 Satan and the godly in early modern England; 5 Incarnate devils: crime narratives, demonisation and audience empathy; 6 'What concord hath Christ with Belial?': de facto satanism and the temptation of the body politic, 1570-1640.

Nathan Johnstone examines the concept of the Devil in English culture between the Reformation and the English Civil War. The author looks at the ways in which beliefs about the nature of the Devil changed as a consequence of the Reformation, and its impact on religious, literary and political culture.

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