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Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England (Hardcover, New Ed)
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For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between
the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous
- particularly when it came to issues of authority. Without a
precise separation between 'science' and 'magic' the realm of the
supernatural was a contested one, that could be used both to
bolster and challenge various forms of authority and the exercise
of power in early modern England. In order to better understand
these issues, this volume addresses a range of questions regarding
the ways in which ideas, beliefs and constructions of the
supernatural threatened and conflicted with authority, as well as
how the power of the supernatural could be used by authorities
(monarchical, religious, legal or familial) to reinforce
established social norms. Drawing upon a range of historical,
literary and dramatic texts the collection reveals intersecting
early modern anxieties in relation to the supernatural, issues of
control and the exercise of power at different levels of society,
from the upper echelons of power at court to local and domestic
spaces, and in a range of publication contexts - manuscript
sources, printed prose texts and the early modern stage. Divided
into three sections - 'Magic at Court', 'Performance, Text and
Language' and 'Witchcraft, the Devil and the Body' - the volume
offers a broad cultural approach to the subject that reflects
current research by a range of early modern scholars from the
disciplines of history and literature. By bringing scholars into an
interdisciplinary dialogue, the case studies presented here
generate fresh insights within and between disciplines and
different methodologies and approaches, which are mutually
illuminating.
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