The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment / Michael F. Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Michael F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aikenhead, Thomas, 1676-1697.

Aikenhead, Thomas.

Aikenhead, Thomas, 1676-1697--Trials, litigation, etc.

Aikenhead, Thomas, 1676-1697--Death and burial.

Blasphemy--Scotland--History--17th century.

Blasphemy.

Enlightenment--Scotland.

Enlightenment.

Hanging--Scotland--History--17th century.

Hanging.

Scotland--Intellectual life--17th century.

Scotland.

Scotland--Civilization--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. Taking a micro-historical approach, Michael Graham uses the Aikenhead case to open a window into the world of Edinburgh, Scotland and Britain in its transition from the confessional era of the Reformation and the covenants, which placed high emphasis on the defence of orthodox belief, to the polite, literary world of the Enlightenment, of which Edinburgh would become a

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Edinburgh and Scotland in the 1690's; The Politics of Blasphemy; 'So unnaturall a seasone': The Dreadful Year 1696; The Making of a Blasphemer; Trial and Execution; The Aftermath: Public Opinion in Scotland and England; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7486-5345-7

1-281-94776-8

9786611947767

0-7486-3427-4

OCLC:

476208630