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Enlightening enthusiasm : prophecy and religious experience in early eighteenth-century England

Author: Lionel Laborie
Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This work concentrates on the notorious case of the French Prophets as the epitome of religious enthusiasm in early Enlightenment England. Based on new archival research, it retraces the formation, development and evolution of their movement and sheds new light on key contemporary issues such as millenarianism, censorship and the press, blasphemy, dissent and toleration, and madness.
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Genre/Form: Church history
History
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Lionel Laborie
ISBN: 9780719089886 0719089883 9781526104007 1526104008
OCLC Number: 988138125
Notes: Previously issued in print: 2015.
Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Contents: Introduction1 The origins the French Prophets2 From the Desert to the New Jerusalem3 The final Reformation4 Going public5 Enthusiasm, blasphemy and toleration6 Medicalising enthusiasmConclusionIndex -- .
Responsibility: Lionel Laborie.

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The first comprehensive approach to enthusiasm, with each chapter looking at its religious, social, cultural, political and medical implications -- .  Read more...

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'This original and ground-breaking book is a major reassessment of prophetic religious experience in eighteenth century Britain. The author has uncovered a dazzling array of sources to show the Read more...

 
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