1st Edition
Children of Wrath: Possession, Prophecy and the Young in Early Modern England
By Anna French
Copyright 2015
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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The spiritual status of the early modern child was often confused and uncertain, and yet in the wake of the English Reformation became an issue of urgent interest. This book explores questions surrounding early modern childhood, focusing especially on some of the extreme religious experiences in which children are documented: those of demonic possession and godly prophecy. Dr French argues that... Read more
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; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Anna French is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Liverpool and Research Fellow at the Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies at the University of Birmingham.
