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An account of the days of the going out of all the carriers, waggoners, and stage-coaches, that come to London, Westminster and Southwark, from all parts of England and Wales [[electronic resource] ] : also of fairs and roads |
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[London], : Sold by G. Conyers, at the Ring in Little-Brittain, [between 1690 and 1700] |
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Transportation - Great Britain - Timetables |
Carriers - Great Britain - Timetables |
Fairs - Great Britain |
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Monografia |
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Caption title. |
Publication information from colophon; dates of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.) and NUC pre-1956 imprints. |
Signatures: aâ¶, bâ´. |
"Price 2 d." |
Imperfect: stained. |
Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library. |
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UNINA9910970191503321 |
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Autore |
Graham Michael F |
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Titolo |
The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment / / Michael F. Graham |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 |
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0-7486-5345-7 |
1-281-94776-8 |
9786611947767 |
0-7486-3427-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Blasphemy - Scotland - History - 17th century |
Enlightenment - Scotland |
Hanging - Scotland - History - 17th century |
Scotland Intellectual life 17th century |
Scotland Civilization 17th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Abbreviations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Edinburgh and Scotland in the 1690's; The Politics of Blasphemy; 'So unnaturall a seasone': The Dreadful Year 1696; The Making of a Blasphemer; Trial and Execution; The Aftermath: Public Opinion in Scotland and England; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index |
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This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. Taking a micro-historical approach, Michael Graham uses the Aikenhead case to open a window into the world of Edinburgh, Scotland and Britain in its transition from the confessional era of the Reformation and the covenants, which placed high emphasis on the defence of orthodox belief, to the polite, literary world of the |
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Enlightenment, of which Edinburgh would become a |
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