ISBN:
9781472443670
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 181 Seiten
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Walsh, Brendan [Rezension von: French, Anna, Children of Wrath: Possession, Prophecy and the Young in Early Modern England] 2016
DDC:
305.230942/09031
Keywords:
Christianity Social aspects 16th century
;
History
;
Children Religious aspects 16th century
;
Christianity
;
History
;
Children Social conditions 16th century
;
Dualism Social aspects 16th century
;
History
;
Demoniac possession History 16th century
;
Prophecy Social aspects 16th century
;
History
;
Prophecy Christianity 16th century
;
History
;
England Religious life and customs
;
England Social conditions 16th century
;
England
;
Kind
;
Teufelsglaube
;
Besessenheit
;
Prophetie
;
Geschichte 1500-1600
Abstract:
"The work introduces its readers to the dualistic nature of early modern perceptions of their young--they were seen to be both close to devilish temptations and to God's divine finger, as illustrated by published accounts of possession and prophecy. These cases reveal to us moments in which children could be granted authority or in which writers and publishers framed children in positions of spiritual agency. This can tell us much about how early modern society perceived, imagined and depicted their young, and helps us to revise the notion that early modern children's lives, which were often fleeting, may have gone unregarded. Both contributing to, and informed by, some of the most recent historiographical directions taken by early modern history, this book engages with three key areas: the history of extreme spiritual experience such as demonic possession, the 'lived experience' of early modern religion and the history of childhood. In this way, it offers the first scholarly exploration of the dialogue between these three areas of current and widespread historical interest which have, perhaps surprisingly, not yet been considered together"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Children of wrath : an introduction -- Children of unbelief : the inheritance from Adam -- Children of wrath? : children in cases of demonic possession -- Darrell, Harsnett and the child demoniacs -- Children of God : cases of child prophecy -- Sin, providence, and the judgement of children -- Children of wrath : conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
Children of wrath : an introductionChildren of unbelief : the inheritance from Adam -- Children of wrath? : children in cases of demonic possession -- Darrell, Harsnett and the child demoniacs -- Children of God : cases of child prophecy -- Sin, providence, and the judgement of children -- Children of wrath : conclusion.
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