The Devil: In Tudor and Stuart England

Darren Oldridge

thg 11 2011 · The History Press

Giới thiệu về sách điện tử này

The Devil was a commanding figure in Tudor and Stuart England. He played a leading role in the religious and political conflicts of the age, and inspired great works of poetry and drama. During the turmoil of the English Civil War, fears of a secret conspiracy of Devil-worshippers fuelled a witch-hunt that claimed at least a hundred lives. This book traces the idea of the Devel from the English Reformation to the scientific revolution of the late seventeenth century. It shows that he was not only a central figure in the imaginative life of the age, but also a deeply ambiguous and complex one: the avowed enemy of God and his unwilling accomplice, and a creature that provoked fascination, comdey and dread.

Giới thiệu tác giả

Darren Oldridge has written widely on society and religion during the 16th and 17th centuries. He is the author of Strange Histories, the editor of The Witchcraft Reader, and has written articles for History Today and the Times.