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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      23 June 2009
      12 January 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511495847
      9780521802369
      9780521120548
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495847
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.697kg, 350 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 352 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History after 1450, History, Religion, Church History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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    Subjects:
    British History after 1450, History, Religion, Church History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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    An original book examining the concept of the Devil in English culture between the Reformation and the end of the English Civil War. Nathan Johnstone looks at the ways in which beliefs about the nature of the Devil and his power in human affairs changed as a consequence of the Reformation, and its impact on religious, literary and political culture. He moves away from the established focus on demonology as a component of the belief in witchcraft and examines a wide range of religious and political milieux, such as practical divinity, the interiority of Puritan godliness, anti-popery, polemic and propaganda, and popular culture. The concept of the Devil that emerged from the Reformation had a profound impact on the beliefs and practices of committed Protestants, but it also influenced both the political debates of the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I, and in popular culture more widely.

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    Review of the hardback:'This is a rich, imaginative and (within its period) wide-ranging book, which above all shows a firm grip on an impressive range of sources and a well-informed awareness of current secondary literature.'

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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