Possession, Puritanism and Print: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Eliz Contributor(s): Gibson, Marion (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851968326 ISBN-13: 9781851968329 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 265.940 |
Series: Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 218 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Tells a story of injustice and passionate resistance to religious persecution in the last years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Through an analysis of a sensational series of demonic possessions and exorcisms, this book highlights the existence of controversies in print in the late Elizabethan period of the kind that would one day lead to civil war. |