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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth Hunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2015-12-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/811