Possession, Puritanism and Print

Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy

Autor*innen

• Marion Gibson

Parameter

• 218 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Sachliteratur

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Focusing on the themes of injustice and resistance, the narrative explores religious persecution during the final years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. It delves into a sensational series of demonic possessions and exorcisms, revealing the controversies in print that characterized the late Elizabethan era. These tensions foreshadow the civil war to come, illustrating the profound societal and religious conflicts of the time.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Einband: Hardcover