The devil and demonism in early modern England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnstone, Nathan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:	Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Subjects:	Devil > History of doctrines > 16th century. Devil > History of doctrines > 17th century. Demonology > England > History > 16th century. Demonology > England > History > 17th century.

Table of Contents:

The synagogue of Satan : anti-Catholicism, false doctrine and the construction of contrariety
Temptation : the Protestant dynamic of diabolic agency and the resurgence of clerical mediation
Satan and the godly in early modern England
Incarnate devils : crime narratives, demonisation and audience empathy
'What concord hath Christ with Belial?' : de facto satanism and the temptation of the body politic, 1570-1640
'Grand Plato's progress through great Britaine' : the Civil War and the zenith of satanic politics
'The Devil's alpha and omega' : temptation at the cutting edge of faith in the Civil War and the Interregnum.