Francis Young

English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In spite of an upsurge in interest in the social history of the Catholic community and an ever-growing body of literature on early modern 'superstition' and popular religion, the English Catholic community's response to the invisible world of the preternatural and supernatural has remained largely neglected. Addressing this oversight, this book explores Catholic responses to the supernatural world, setting the English Catholic community in the contexts of the wider Counter-Reformation and the confessional culture of early modern England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781409455653
• ISBN-10: 1409455653
• Artikelnr.: 41240408

Autorenporträt

Francis Young

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Early modern Catholics and 'superstition'
Catholicism, Enlightenment, and 'superstition'
Ghosts and apparitions in the English Catholic community
Catholics, witchcraft, and magic in Reformation England
Catholics and witchcraft in the age of Enlightenment
Dealing with the Devil: Catholic exorcisms
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.