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Author Johnstone, Nathan.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 334 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Devil -- History of doctrines -- 16th century.
Devil -- History of doctrines.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Devil -- History of doctrines -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Demonology -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Demonology.
England.
History.
Demonology -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 1500-1699
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Johnstone, Nathan. Devil and demonism in early modern England. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521802369 (OCoLC)62132870
ISBN 0511140401 (electronic book)
9780511140402 (electronic book)
0511140274 (electronic book)
9780511140273 (electronic book)
0511139403
9780511139406
0511139659
9780511139659
9780511495847 (ebook)
0511495846 (ebook)
1280308869
9781280308864
0521802369 (Cloth)
9780521802369

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