The spirit of fanaticism : exemplify'd in the tryals of Mr. James Mitchel (a Presbyterian minister, who was hang'd at Edinburgh, for an attempt made upon the Archbishop of St. Andrews.) And Major Thomas Weir (a Gifted Brother at the Knack of Extempore Prayer) who was burnt between Edinburgh and Leith April the 11th, 1670. for adultery, beastiality with a mare and a cow, and incest with his own sister, who was likewise hang'd the next day after him. To which is added an account of the original of Presbytery in Scotland, and their Behaviour towards the Episcopal Clergy; wherein is Demonstrated that Rebellion has ever been the Principal Article of their Faith. Written by an Advocate of the civil law in Scotland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickes, George, 1642-1715.

Standardized Title:

Ravillac redivivus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--Scotland--Early works to 1800.

Church and state.

Trials (Adultery)--Scotland--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Adultery).

Trials (Attempted murder)--Scotland--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Attempted murder).

Mitchel, James, d. 1678--Trials, litigation, etc.

Mitchel, James.

Weir, Thomas, 1600?-1670--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.

Weir, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],62p. )

Other Title:

Spirit of fanaticism

Place of Publication:

London : printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, [1710]

Notes:

Advocate of the civil law in Scotland = George Hickes; also attributed to Sir George Mackenzie.

First published in 1678 as 'Ravillac redivivus'.

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N23932.

OCLC:

642170727