The Devil's Tabernacle : the Pagan Oracles in Early Modern Thought /
Ossa-Richardson, Anthony, 1981-
The Devil's Tabernacle : the Pagan Oracles in Early Modern Thought / Anthony Ossa-Richardson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE: Authorities; CHAPTER TWO: Demons; PART TWO; CHAPTER THREE: Nature; CHAPTER FOUR: Imposture; PART THREE; CHAPTER FIVE: Enlightenment?; CHAPTER SIX: Solutions; CONCLUSION: Les lauriers sont coupés; Bibliography; Index.
The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since.
9781400846597
Oracles.
Electronic Books.
BL613 / .D485 2013
The Devil's Tabernacle : the Pagan Oracles in Early Modern Thought / Anthony Ossa-Richardson. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE: Authorities; CHAPTER TWO: Demons; PART TWO; CHAPTER THREE: Nature; CHAPTER FOUR: Imposture; PART THREE; CHAPTER FIVE: Enlightenment?; CHAPTER SIX: Solutions; CONCLUSION: Les lauriers sont coupés; Bibliography; Index.
The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since.
9781400846597
Oracles.
Electronic Books.
BL613 / .D485 2013