The Black Lines of Damnation : Double Predestination and the Causes of Despair in Timothy Bright’s A Treatise of Melancholie
The relationship between melancholy and religious enthusiasm in England has been the subject of a number of historical studies. This article examines a lesser-known type of religious melancholy, the fear that one was among the reprobate (those not predestined for salvation). Whereas Robert Burton in...
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| Main Author: | Elizabeth Hunter |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/811 |
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