Witchcraft and Whigs : The life of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1660-1739) /

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This ground-breaking biography of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1669-1739) provides a detailed and rare portrait of an early eighteenth century Irish bishop and witchcraft theorist. Drawing upon a wealth of printed primary source material, the book aims to increase our understanding of the eighteenth-c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sneddon, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hutchinson, Francis, > 1661-1739.
Witchcraft > Ireland > History.
Witchcraft > England > History.
Church and state > Ireland.
Church and state > England.
Bishops > Ireland > Biography.
Bishops > England > Biography.
Ireland > Church history.
England > Church history > 17th century.
England > Church history > 18th century.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; Part I
  • England; 1. Childhood and early career, 1660
  • c. 1690; 2. The national church in a Suffolk parish, St. James', Bury St. Edmunds, 1692-1720; 3. 'A well affected man': Hutchinson and party politics, 1700-20; 4. Angels and demons: the mental world of an eighteenth-century Anglican pastor; 5. Hutchinson and witchcraft: An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718); Part II
  • Ireland; 6. The bishop of Down and Connor and the established Church and state in Ireland, 1721-39; 7. 'Darkness must be expell'd by bringing in the light': the conversion of Irish Catholics, c. 1721-34; 8. 'Improve everything that is improveable': the social, economic, and cultural 'improvement' of Ireland and the Irish, 1721-39; Conclusion; Index.

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