Mark Knights

Broschiertes Buch

The Devil in Disguise

Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment

Beschreibung

Illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about, looking at the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford.

Autor

Mark Knights is Professor of History at Warwick University. He has written two books about later Stuart political culture, including Representation and Misrepresentation in Later Stuart Britain: Partisanship and Political Culture which is also published by Oxford University Press, and has also written elsewhere about early modern ideas, print, and discourse. He recently organized a conference held in Parliament to mark the tercentenary of the trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell, whose trial features in the book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780198749073
• ISBN-10: 0198749074
• Artikelnr.: 47870657