Prof Brian P. Levack (John E. Green Regents Professor Emeritus in H

Broschiertes Buch

Distrust of Institutions in Early Modern Britain and America

Beschreibung

A study of distrust of public institutions in Britain and America, showing how this seemingly modern phenomenon actually shaped the political, legal, economic, and religious discourse of the early modern period, inspiring reforms of criminal procedure, changes to public credit and financial systems, and challenges to church hierarchies.

Autor

Brian P. Levack is John E. Green Regents Professor Emeritus in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written widely on the legal, political, and religious history of early modern Europe. His books include The Civil Lawyers in England 1603-1641: A Political Study; The Formation of the British State: England, Scotland and the Union, 1603-1707; The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, which has been translated into eight languages; Witch-hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics, and Religion; and The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780198886358
• ISBN-10: 0198886357
• Artikelnr.: 68544577