{"product_id":"the-blasphemies-of-thomas-aikenhead-9780748685172","title":"The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable 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.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404510830935,"sku":"9780748685172","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748685172.jpg?v=1730486677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-blasphemies-of-thomas-aikenhead-9780748685172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}