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The Devil in Early Modern England [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Darren Oldridge (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (22 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750920920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750920926
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 684,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Far from sweeping away popular superstitions about Satan and witchcraft, the Reformation and later the religious crisis culminating in the Civil Wars of 1637-1653 opened up a whole new field of ideas about the Father of Lies and his disciples. Out of these great social and religious changes came a distinctly Protestant and English view of the devil. This text traces religious, popular and political uses of Satan and witchcraft in early modern England, showing how for Protestant, and later Puritan, believers, Satan could be used for both anti-Catholic and anti-monarchist propaganda in a form of selective assimilation between folklore and theology. Diabolical possession, belief in the devil as a kind of supernatural avenger who was God's agent in punishing evil-doers, exorcisms and witch trials were an essential part of popular culture in early modern England. The skill with which Puritan ministers and Parliamentarians exploited and used these beliefs played a large part in the spread of popular support for the ideas of the Reformation and the Parliamentarian cause. This text advances controversial conclusions, in particular on the subject of modern-day beliefs about the nature of the devil. Using many records of witch trials and accounts of exorcisms and possessions, the author brings to life a range of popular and learned beliefs which have gone largely unexplored and which add to our understanding of the cultural and religious legacy of the Reformation.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Summary of reform Protestant theology versus popular beliefs, 29 May 2003
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Tracing the affects of the protestant reformation on the mythology of Satan, the author looks comprehensively and authoritively on the religious and societal factors at play in early modern england (read: 1600ce-1700ce). A fascinating look at the anti-catholic doctrine that the Reform theologians succeeded in resonating with the general public, but failing in most ways to put across a new, more powerful version of a popular Satan figure that was, and mostly remained, a weak, comic character within Christianity. The result was a Satan that was a mix of folk belief and what we now accept as standard Christian mythology of the devil.

The author traces some of the strange discrepencies of this illogical mix of beliefs, and traces their affect on the populace and protestant clergy.

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