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Thomas Aikenhead was an Edinburgh University student and, in 1697, the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. This examination of the media event that was his trial opens a window onto the clash of intellects and cultures that took place in late seventeenth-century Scotland as it stood in transition between Reformation and Enlightenment.

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Table of Figures; Abbreviations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Edinburgh and Scotland in the mid-1690s; 2: The Politics of Blasphemy; 3: "So unnaturall a seasone": The Dreadful Year 1696; 4: The Making of a Blasphemer; 5: Trial and Execution; 6: The Aftermath: Public Opinion in Scotland and England; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index.

The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 19/08/2013
      ISBN13: 9780748685172, 978-0748685172
      ISBN10: 0748685170

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thomas Aikenhead was an Edinburgh University student and, in 1697, the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain. This examination of the media event that was his trial opens a window onto the clash of intellects and cultures that took place in late seventeenth-century Scotland as it stood in transition between Reformation and Enlightenment.

      Table of Contents
      Table of Figures; Abbreviations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Edinburgh and Scotland in the mid-1690s; 2: The Politics of Blasphemy; 3: "So unnaturall a seasone": The Dreadful Year 1696; 4: The Making of a Blasphemer; 5: Trial and Execution; 6: The Aftermath: Public Opinion in Scotland and England; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index.

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