Fear, Myth and History - The Ranters and the Historians

Zusammenfassung In this book! the author argues that there was no Ranter group or movement: that the Ranters did not exist. Rather! a myth of the Ranters was projected in a press sensation and was sustained by heresiographers and sectarian leaders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Note; List of abbreviations; 1. The historians and the Ranters; 2. Who were the Ranters?; 3. Examining the Ranter core; 4. The Ranter sensation; 5. Explaining the Ranter myth; 6. Explaining the historians; Appendix; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: J. C. Davis, J.C. Davis, James Colin Davis, Davis J. C.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521894197
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89419-7
• Seiten: 224
• Serie: Ranters and the Historians
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Christianity, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy