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Signs and wonders in Britain's age of revolution : a sourcebook / edited by Timothy G. Fehler and Abigail J. Hartman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curiosities and wonders.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Sources.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Sources.
- Curiosities and wonders--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 312 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Signs and Wonders in Britain's Age of Revolution is an original collection of primary sources from the era encompassing the political, religious, and social tumult of the English Civil War. With a focus on Britain in the seventeenth century and covering topics such as astrology, scurrilous pamphlet wars, witch-hunts and trials, and the execution of King Charles I, Signs and Wonders in Britain's Age of Revolution is essential reading for all students of early modern Britain"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Warning-pieces
- Prelude to war: fore-runners of destruction
- Civil war: these troublesome and distracted times
- Cavaliers and roundheads: the divells agents still
- Christian astrology: amongst the celestial hieroglyphicks
- Sectarians and recusants: "recant" those dangerous errors
- The removal of the king: innocent blood calls for vengeance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781138492059
- 1138492051
- 9781138492066
- 113849206X
- OCLC:
- 1044778163
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