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Author:   Scott Eaton (Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367894047

ISBN 10:   0367894041
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   16 July 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction 1. The background of the East Anglian witch-hunt: the economy, courts, religion and the beginnings of the trials 2. Puritanism: a comparison of Stearne’s religious beliefs to the orthodoxy of the Westminster Assembly’s Confession of faith 3. Print culture: the literature of the supernatural and the reception of A confirmation 4. Familiar spirits: the origins of Stearne’s concept of familiars and its symbolisms 5. Witchcraft, sex and gender: witchcraft confessions in A confirmation as a reflection of seventeenth-century gender roles 6. Science and the decline of witchcraft beliefs: evidence for the scientific basis of Stearne’s witch-finding 7. The afterlife of A confirmation: the circulation and rediscovery of Stearne’s text in the nineteenth century Conclusion

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Scott Eaton teaches history at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a religious and cultural historian, with a particular interest in early modern witchcraft, magic, art, and print cultures.

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