Atheists and Atheism before the Enlightenment
the english and scottish experience
$109.03
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2023
Summary
The Assurance of Unbelief: Atheism Before the Enlightenment
Anxiety about the threat of atheism was rampant in the early modern period, yet fully documented examples of openly expressed irreligious opinion are surprisingly rare. England and Scotland saw only a handful of such cases before 1750, and this book offers a detailed analysis of three of them.
Thomas Aikenhead was executed for his atheistic opinions at Edinburgh in 1697; Tinkler Ducket was convicted of atheism by the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781009268776 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1009268775 |
| Author: | Michael Hunter |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 490g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 158mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Hunter leads us into his subject with authority, deftly uncovering the irreligious underbelly of pre-Enlightenment England and Scotland.’ Alexandra Walsham, London Review of Books
About The Author
Michael Hunter
Michael Hunter is Emeritus Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is well known for his publications on Robert Boyle and on the early Royal Society and its milieu. His most recent book is The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment (2020).
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