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

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 ca...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Michael F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocn760026538
003 OCoLC
005 20241006213017.0
006 m o d
007 cr un||||a|a||
008 111108s2008 stkab ob 001 0deng d
040 |a OCLCE  |b eng  |e pn  |c OCLCE  |d CDX  |d N$T  |d IDEBK  |d E7B  |d UAB  |d OCLCQ  |d DKDLA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d JSTOR  |d OCLCA  |d YDXCP  |d EBLCP  |d MERUC  |d N15  |d DEBSZ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d AZK  |d STBDS  |d AGLDB  |d MOR  |d PIFAG  |d ZCU  |d OCLCQ  |d IOG  |d U3W  |d EZ9  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCO  |d STF  |d WRM  |d OCLCQ  |d VTS  |d OCLCQ  |d NRAMU  |d ICG  |d VT2  |d OCLCQ  |d LVT  |d YOU  |d OCLCA  |d LEAUB  |d DKC  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d M8D  |d OCLCA  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCA  |d UKCRE  |d OCLCA  |d BOL  |d VLY  |d OCL  |d UKAHL  |d AJS  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d SGP  |d LUU  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCL 
019 |a 302061943  |a 303631102  |a 437240919  |a 476208630  |a 646771756  |a 654464101  |a 815754131  |a 842268577  |a 961543211  |a 962596340  |a 987450926  |a 988507626  |a 992042632  |a 1037709363  |a 1038662738  |a 1040634350  |a 1041612695  |a 1045483170  |a 1055367056  |a 1081291637  |a 1114352008  |a 1153504458  |a 1162203965  |a 1228540276  |a 1241930527  |a 1259090842  |a 1290037840  |a 1300605505 
020 |a 0748634274  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780748634279  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 1281947768 
020 |a 9781281947765 
020 |a 9786611947767 
020 |a 6611947760 
020 |a 0748653457 
020 |a 9780748653454 
020 |z 9780748634262  |q (hbk.) 
020 |z 0748634266  |q (hbk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)760026538  |z (OCoLC)302061943  |z (OCoLC)303631102  |z (OCoLC)437240919  |z (OCoLC)476208630  |z (OCoLC)646771756  |z (OCoLC)654464101  |z (OCoLC)815754131  |z (OCoLC)842268577  |z (OCoLC)961543211  |z (OCoLC)962596340  |z (OCoLC)987450926  |z (OCoLC)988507626  |z (OCoLC)992042632  |z (OCoLC)1037709363  |z (OCoLC)1038662738  |z (OCoLC)1040634350  |z (OCoLC)1041612695  |z (OCoLC)1045483170  |z (OCoLC)1055367056  |z (OCoLC)1081291637  |z (OCoLC)1114352008  |z (OCoLC)1153504458  |z (OCoLC)1162203965  |z (OCoLC)1228540276  |z (OCoLC)1241930527  |z (OCoLC)1259090842  |z (OCoLC)1290037840  |z (OCoLC)1300605505 
037 |a 194776  |b MIL 
037 |a 22573/cttk1hzx  |b JSTOR 
043 |a e-uk-st 
050 4 |a KDC186.A45  |b G73 2008 
072 7 |a HIS  |x 015000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a LAW  |x 026000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HIS037020  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HBJD1  |2 bicssc 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a Graham, Michael F. 
245 1 4 |a The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead :  |b boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment /  |c Michael F. Graham. 
260 |a Edinburgh :  |b Edinburgh University Press,  |c ©2008. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) :  |b 1 illustration, 2 maps 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
340 |g polychrome.  |2 rdacc  |0 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 
347 |a data file 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a Contents; Abbreviations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Edinburgh and Scotland in the 1690s; 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. 
520 |a 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 major centre. Graham traces the roots of the Aikenhead case in seventeenth-century Scotland and the law of blasphemy which was evolving in response to the new intellectual currents of biblical criticism and deism. He analyzes Aikenhead's trial and the Scottish government's decision to uphold the sentence of hanging. Finally, he details the debate engendered by the execution, carried out in a public sphere of print media encompassing both Scotland and England. Aikenhead's case became a media event which highlighted the intellectual and cultural divisions within Britain at the end of the seventeenth century. 
546 |a English. 
600 1 0 |a Aikenhead, Thomas,  |d 1676-1697  |x Trials, litigation, etc. 
600 1 0 |a Aikenhead, Thomas,  |d 1676-1697  |x Death and burial. 
600 1 0 |a Aikenhead, Thomas,  |d 1676-1697. 
600 1 7 |a Aikenhead, Thomas,  |d 1676-1697  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8mCqPTtCctXCyHJPG73 
600 1 7 |a Aikenhead, Thomas.  |2 swd 
650 0 |a Trials (Blasphemy)  |z Scotland  |z Edinburgh. 
650 0 |a Blasphemy  |z Scotland  |x History  |y 17th century. 
650 0 |a Enlightenment  |z Scotland. 
650 0 |a Hanging  |z Scotland  |x History  |y 17th century. 
651 0 |a Scotland  |x Intellectual life  |y 17th century. 
651 0 |a Scotland  |x Civilization  |y 17th century. 
650 7 |a HISTORY.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a LAW  |x Criminal Law  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |x Renaissance.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Death and burial of a person  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Blasphemy  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Civilization  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Enlightenment  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Hanging  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Intellectual life  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Trials (Blasphemy)  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Scotland  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRx4M4xHbtFTRj7p6BmM 
651 7 |a Scotland  |z Edinburgh  |2 fast  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8kwmMFGyb3pfx96VXBP 
650 7 |a Gotteslästerung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Strafverfolgung  |2 gnd 
651 7 |a Schottland  |2 gnd 
648 7 |a 1600-1699  |2 fast 
648 7 |a Geistesgeschichte 1697.  |2 swd 
655 7 |a Trial and arbitral proceedings  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Trials, litigation, etc.  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Trial and arbitral proceedings.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.  |2 rvmgf 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Graham, Michael F.  |t Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead.  |d Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008  |w (OCoLC)226360329 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1962090  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD