The Devil in Disguise: Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment

by Mark Knights

Book Overview

The Devil in Disguise illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral culture that they brought about.

It does so through the fascinating story of one family and their locality: the Cowpers of Hertford. Their dramatic history contains a murder mystery, bigamy, a scandal novel, and a tyrannized wife, all set against a backdrop...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198749074
• ISBN13: 9780198749073
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"