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The devil and demonism in early modern England [electronic resource] / Nathan Johnstone.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (x, 334 p.)ISBN:
  • 0511140401 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780511140402 (electronic bk.)
  • 9786610308866
  • 6610308861
  • 0511140274 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780511140273 (electronic bk.)
  • 0511139403
  • 9780511139406
  • 0511139659
  • 9780511139659
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
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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.

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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