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Witchcraft and demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Witchcraft and demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789/ Jonathan Barry.
Author:	Barry, Jonathan,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : c2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 373 p.)
Subject:	Witchcraft - History - 17th century. - England -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230361386
ISBN:	9780230361386 (electronic bk.)

Witchcraft and demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789
Barry, Jonathan,1956-

Witchcraft and demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789[electronic resource] /Jonathan Barry. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,c2012. - 1 online resource (x, 373 p.) - Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic. - Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Robert Hunt and the Somerset Witches -- The Trial of the Bideford Witches -- The Politics of Pandaemonium -- John Beaumont: Science, Spirits and the Scale of Nature -- Public Infidelity and Private Belief? The Discourse of Spirits in Enlightenment Bristol -- Methodism and Mummery: the Case of George Lukins -- Conclusion.

"Investigating the continuing meaning of witchcraft and demonology in England in its period of supposed decline, Jonathan Barry takes six cases from south-western England between 1640 and 1789, and explores them in great depth to reveal the multiple and contested meanings of what occurred and how it was explained. Eschewing simple polarities of 'belief' or 'scepticism' about witches and the Devil, his studies here examine how our surviving evidence was created (and how carefully it must therefore be used) and transmitted down to our time. Barry's introduction and conclusion then bring out the wider implications, not only for the history of witchcraft and demonology, but for our understanding of the factors underlying cultural and intellectual change in England between the English and French revolutions, a time when political and religious pluralism and the impact of enlightenment ideas coexisted with deep-rooted commitment to a providentialist ideal of a united Protestant society, built on Biblical and legal traditions"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780230361386 (electronic bk.)

Source: 413223Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015878965UkSubjects--Topical Terms:

834961
Witchcraft
--History--England--17th century.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BF1581 / .B37 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 133.409423/09032

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