The Blasphemies of Thomas Aikenhead Boundaries of Belief on the Eve of the Enlightenment |
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| Author:
| Graham, Michael F. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-3426-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain.
This is the first modern book-length study of the case of Thomas Aikenhead, the sometime University of Edinburgh student who in 1697 earned the unfortunate distinction of being the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain.