The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment / / Michael F. Graham

• Autore: Graham Michael F
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.4110288; 941.1068
• Soggetto topico: Blasphemy - Scotland - History - 17th century; Enlightenment - Scotland; Hanging - Scotland - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland Intellectual life 17th century; Scotland Civilization 17th century
• Classificazione: NN 4040
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Enlightenment, of which Edinburgh would become a
• Titolo autorizzato: The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead
• ISBN: 0-7486-5345-7; 1-281-94776-8; 9786611947767; 0-7486-3427-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827232503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II