Witchcraft and demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789 [electronic resource]

• 作者： Barry, Jonathan, 1956-
• 其他題名：
  • Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic
• 出版： Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• 叢書名： Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic
• 主題： Witchcraft--England--West Country--History--17th century. , Witchcraft--England--West Country--History--18th century. , Demonology--England--West Country--History--17th century. , Demonology--England--West Country--History--18th century. , HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. , HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. , HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century. , RELIGION / Demonology & Satanism. , BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Occultism , Electronic books.
• ISBN： 9780230361386 (electronic bk.) 、 0230361382 (electronic bk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Robert Hunt and the Somerset Witches -- The Trial of the Bideford Witches -- The Politics of Pandaemonium -- John Beaumont: Science, Spirits and the Scale of Nature -- Public Infidelity and Private Belief? The Discourse of Spirits in Enlightenment Bristol -- Methodism and Mummery: the Case of George Lukins -- Conclusion.
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• 摘要註: "Investigating the continuing meaning of witchcraft and demonology in England in its period of supposed decline, Jonathan Barry takes six cases from south-western England between 1640 and 1789, and explores them in great depth to reveal the multiple and contested meanings of what occurred and how it was explained. Eschewing simple polarities of 'belief' or 'scepticism' about witches and the Devil, his studies here examine how our surviving evidence was created (and how carefully it must therefore be used) and transmitted down to our time. Barry's introduction and conclusion then bring out the wider implications, not only for the history of witchcraft and demonology, but for our understanding of the factors underlying cultural and intellectual change in England between the English and French revolutions, a time when political and religious pluralism and the impact of enlightenment ideas coexisted with deep-rooted commitment to a providentialist ideal of a united Protestant society, built on Biblical and legal traditions"--Provided by publisher.
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