The Devil and Demonism in Early Modern England.(Book review)

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Nathan Johnstone. The Devil and Demonism in Early Modern England.

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. x + 334 pp. index. bibl. $85. ISBN: 0-521-80236-9.

There are two standard depictions of the devil in the early modern era. The devil is viewed either as a medieval belief that was fading with the rise of modern rationalism or as an aspect of occult practices, beliefs, and prosecutions. According to Nathan Johnstone, such interpretations have marginalized the early modern devil. The Devil and Demonism does not ...

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