LEADER 03219nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910782336003321 005 20230721033134.0 010 $a0-7486-5345-7 010 $a1-281-94776-8 010 $a9786611947767 010 $a0-7486-3427-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748634279 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551373 035 $a(EBL)380404 035 $a(OCoLC)476208630 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113110 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113110 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10098174 035 $a(PQKB)10831125 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055647 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1962090 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380404 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1962090 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10257683 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL194776 035 $a(OCoLC)760026538 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380404 035 $a(DE-B1597)614248 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748634279 035 $a(OCoLC)1306540289 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551373 100 $a20080714d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead$b[electronic resource] $eboundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment /$fMichael F. Graham 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3426-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis 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 a 606 $aBlasphemy$zScotland$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aEnlightenment$zScotland 606 $aHanging$zScotland$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aScotland$xIntellectual life$y17th century 607 $aScotland$xCivilization$y17th century 615 0$aBlasphemy$xHistory 615 0$aEnlightenment 615 0$aHanging$xHistory 676 $a345.4110288 676 $a941.1068 686 $aNN 4040$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aGraham$b Michael F$01548656 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782336003321 996 $aThe blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead$93805835 997 $aUNINA