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The first detailed account of the life and work of Bishop Francis Hutchinson (1660-1739), author of one of the most important witchcraft texts of the early modern period, An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718). This work has captivated readers for centuries and still a vital source for those investigating witchcraft trials of the period -- .

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Author:   Andrew Sneddon ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780719096785

ISBN 10:   0719096782
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   31 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction PART I – England 1. Childhood and early career, 1660-c.1690 2 . The national church in a Suffolk parish, St. James’, Bury St. Edmunds, 1692-1720 3. ‘A well affected man’: Hutchinson and party politics, 1700-20 4. Angels and demons: the mental world of an eighteenth-century Anglican pastor. 5. Hutchinson and witchcraft: An historical essay concerning witchcraft (1718) PART II - Ireland 6. The bishop of Down and Connor and the established Church and state in Ireland, 1721-39 7. ‘Darkness must be expell’d by bringing in the light’: the conversion of Irish Catholics, c.1721-34 8. ‘Improve everything that is improveable’: the social, economic, and cultural ‘improvement’ of Ireland and the Irish, 1721-39 Conclusion Index -- .

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Andrew Sneddon is Lecturer in International History at the University of Ulster

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