The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : : Boundaries of Belief on the Eve of the Enlightenment /

The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : : Boundaries of Belief on the Eve of the Enlightenment / / Michael F. Graham.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748634262');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 mic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Graham, Michael F.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations 2 B/W line art
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on the Text
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Edinburgh and Scotland in the 1690s
  • 2 The Politics of Blasphemy
  • 3 ‘So unnaturall a seasone’: The Dreadful Year 1696
  • 4 The Making of a Blasphemer
  • 5 Trial and Execution
  • 6 The Aftermath: Public Opinion in Scotland and England
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Index

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