The History of Evil in the Early Modern Age 1450–1700 CE

The third volume of The History of Evil encompasses the early modern era from 1450–1700. This revolutionary period exhibited immense change in both secular knowledge and sacred understanding. It saw the fall of Constantinople and the rise of religious violence, the burning of witches and the drowning of Anabaptists, the ill treatment of indigenous peoples from Africa to the Americas, the reframing of formal authorities in religion, philosophy, and science, and it produced profound reflection on good and evil in the genius of Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon, Teresa of Avila, and the Cambridge Platonists. This superb treatment of the history of evil during a formative period of the early modern era will appeal to those with interests in philosophy, theology, social and political history, and the history of ideas.

Editors and contributors Series Introduction Introduction Daniel Robinson 1. Towards a History of Evil: Inquisition and Fear in the Medieval West Teofilo F. Ruiz 2. Witchcraft Daniel Robinson 3. Medicine Daniel Robinson 4. Magic and the Sciences during an Age of Change Peter Maxwell-Stuart 5. Niccolò Machiavelli Cary J. Nederman and Guillaume Bogiaris 6. Luther Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth 7. John Calvin on Evil Paul Helm 8. Evil within and Evil without: Teresa of Avila Battles the Devil Bárbara Mujica 9. Anabaptists Gerald J. Mast 10. Francis Bacon John Henry 11. Shakespeare and Evil Claire Landis 12. Hobbes and Evil Geoffrey Gorham 13. Descartes on Evil Zbigniew Janowski 14. Milton Dennis Danielson 15. Baruch Spinoza on Evil Eugene Marshall 16. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Marcy P. Lascano 17. Cambridge Platonism Charles Taliaferro 18. Indigenous Peoples Kenneth H. Lokensgard 19. Religious Authority and Power: Rituals of Conflict in Africa Bala Saho 20. Representations Charles Taliaferro and Jil Evans Index

Daniel Robinson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgetown University, USA and a Fellow of the Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, UK. Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, USA. Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College, USA.