The blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead : boundaries of belief on the eve of the enlightenment

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Michael F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Aikenhead, Thomas, > 1676-1697 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Aikenhead, Thomas, > 1676-1697 > Death and burial.
Aikenhead, Thomas, > 1676-1697.
Aikenhead, Thomas, > 1676-1697
Aikenhead, Thomas.
1600-1699
Geistesgeschichte 1697.
Trials (Blasphemy) > Scotland > Edinburgh.
Blasphemy > Scotland > History > 17th century.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Hanging > Scotland > History > 17th century.
HISTORY.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Death and burial of a person
Blasphemy
Civilization
Enlightenment
Hanging
Intellectual life
Trials (Blasphemy)
Gotteslästerung
Strafverfolgung
Scotland > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Scotland > Civilization > 17th century.
Scotland
Scotland > Edinburgh
Schottland
Trial and arbitral proceedings
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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