Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England

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ID19928636
AuthorsTim Thornton (0000-0002-0137-1554, corresponding author)
Year2006
Pages280
Publication date2006-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueProphecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBoydell and Brewer (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9781846155000
OpenAlexW4392069187
Open LibraryOL34430074M
ISBN9781846155000
LanguageEN
Citations received7

A study of prophetic traditions in early modern England, their influence and popularity. The influence of the non-Biblical vernacular prophetic traditions in early modern England was considerable; they had both a mass appeal, and a specific relevance to the conduct of politics by elites. Focussing particularly on Mother Shipton, the Cheshire prophet Nixon, and Merlin, this book considers the origins of these prophetic traditions, their growth and means of transmission, and the way various groups in society responded to them and in turn tried to control them. Dr Thornton also sheds light on areas where popular culture and politics were uneasily interlinked: the powerful political influence of those outside elite groups; the variations in political culture across the country; and the considerable continuing power of mystical, supernatural, and 'non-rational' ideas in British social and political life into the nineteenth century. Dr TIM THORNTON teaches at the University of Huddersfield where he is head of department, History, English, Languages and Media

Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Australian History and Society · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · 1485 · Great britain · modern period · politics and government

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