03074nam 2200697Ia 450 991045356950332120211006182841.00-7486-5345-71-281-94776-897866119477670-7486-3427-4(CKB)1000000000551373(EBL)380404(OCoLC)476208630(SSID)ssj0000113110(PQKBManifestationID)11138824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113110(PQKBWorkID)10098174(PQKB)10831125(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055647(MiAaPQ)EBC1962090(MiAaPQ)EBC380404(Au-PeEL)EBL1962090(CaPaEBR)ebr10257683(CaONFJC)MIL194776(OCoLC)760026538(Au-PeEL)EBL380404(EXLCZ)99100000000055137320080714d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead[electronic resource] boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment /Michael F. GrahamEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3426-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 Enlightenment, of which Edinburgh would become aBlasphemyScotlandHistory17th centuryEnlightenmentScotlandHangingScotlandHistory17th centuryScotlandIntellectual life17th centuryScotlandCivilization17th centuryElectronic books.BlasphemyHistoryEnlightenmentHangingHistory345.4110288941.1068Graham Michael F1035419MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453569503321The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead2455122UNINA