03247nam 2200769Ia 450 991097019150332120251116232126.00-7486-5345-71-281-94776-897866119477670-7486-3427-410.1515/9780748634279(CKB)1000000000551373(EBL)380404(OCoLC)476208630(SSID)ssj0000113110(PQKBManifestationID)11138824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113110(PQKBWorkID)10098174(PQKB)10831125(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055647(Au-PeEL)EBL1962090(CaPaEBR)ebr10257683(CaONFJC)MIL194776(OCoLC)760026538(Au-PeEL)EBL380404(DE-B1597)614248(DE-B1597)9780748634279(OCoLC)1306540289(MiAaPQ)EBC1962090(MiAaPQ)EBC380404(EXLCZ)99100000000055137320080714d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment /Michael F. Graham1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-8517-0 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 centuryBlasphemyHistoryEnlightenmentHangingHistory345.4110288941.1068NN 4040BSZrvkGraham Michael F1859700MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970191503321The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead4463811UNINA