Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England

Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 1843832593
ISBN-13 : 9781843832591
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Download or read book Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England written by Tim Thornton and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."--Jacket.

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