Plague, Witchcraft and Fear. Notes on the Emotional Community of an Early Modern English Puritan Clergyman

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The article aims to analyze two treatises written by the English puritan clergyman Henry Holland. The purpose will be to explore the emotional community to which he belonged: namely a group in which people observe the same norms of emotional expression, and value or devalue the same or related speci...

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Autor principal: Mendez, Agustin
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2021
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Plague
Witchcraft
Fear
Puritanism
England
Peste
brujería
miedo
puritanismo
Inglaterra
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spelling I28-R145-9781_oai2025-11-17 Mendez, Agustin 2021-08-06 The article aims to analyze two treatises written by the English puritan clergyman Henry Holland. The purpose will be to explore the emotional community to which he belonged: namely a group in which people observe the same norms of emotional expression, and value or devalue the same or related specific emotions. From the reading of his works on witchcraft and on a latest outburst of a plague it could be determined that fear was one of the cornerstones of puritan emotionality. Nevertheless, this paper argues that the representation of that emotion encompassed substantial nuances. On the one hand, the high theological culture in which Holland participated positively acknowledged those consciences troubled by the fear of God and sin as those predestined to salvation. On the other hand, dreading about minor causes such as the acts of witches and the devil, or fearing nature, understood as an autonomous entity from God's will when a personal or collective calamity occurred, was considered as a lack of confidence in the divine providence, as well as a token of a reprobate soul. El presente artículo se propone analizar dos tratados del clérigo puritano inglés Henry Holland con la intención de conocer las características de la comunidad emocional de la que formaba parte, entendiendo por ello un grupo en el que las personas que lo integran adhieren a las mismas normas de expresión y de valorización positiva o negativa de determinadas emociones. A partir de la lectura de sus escritos dedicados a analizar la brujería y un reciente brote de peste, se advierte que el miedo era uno de los pilares centrales de la emocionalidad puritana. Sin embargo, se sostiene como hipótesis que la representación de dicha emoción contiene matices considerables. Por un lado, la alta cultura teologal a la que Holland pertenecía ponderaba a las conciencias perturbadas por el miedo a la divinidad y al pecado como un rasgo propio de quienes estaban predestinados a la salvación. Por el otro, temer a causas secundarias, como brujas y demonios, o a una naturaleza autónoma respecto de la voluntad divina cuando ocurría una catástrofe personal o colectiva era catalogado como una falta de confianza en la providencia divina, así como evidencia de pertenecer al grupo de los réprobos.  application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/9781 10.34096/ahamm.v55.1.9781 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/9781/9170 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/9781/9176 Derechos de autor 2021 Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna Anales de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna; Vol. 55 Núm. 1 (2021) 1853-1555 1514-9927 Plague Witchcraft Fear Puritanism England Peste brujería miedo puritanismo Inglaterra Plague, Witchcraft and Fear. Notes on the Emotional Community of an Early Modern English Puritan Clergyman Peste, brujería y miedo. Apuntes sobre la comunidad emocional de un clérigo puritano inglés de la modernidad temprana info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=moderna&d=9781_oai
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topic Plague
Witchcraft
Fear
Puritanism
England
Peste
brujería
miedo
puritanismo
Inglaterra
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Witchcraft
Fear
Puritanism
England
Peste
brujería
miedo
puritanismo
Inglaterra
Mendez, Agustin
Plague, Witchcraft and Fear. Notes on the Emotional Community of an Early Modern English Puritan Clergyman
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Witchcraft
Fear
Puritanism
England
Peste
brujería
miedo
puritanismo
Inglaterra
description The article aims to analyze two treatises written by the English puritan clergyman Henry Holland. The purpose will be to explore the emotional community to which he belonged: namely a group in which people observe the same norms of emotional expression, and value or devalue the same or related specific emotions. From the reading of his works on witchcraft and on a latest outburst of a plague it could be determined that fear was one of the cornerstones of puritan emotionality. Nevertheless, this paper argues that the representation of that emotion encompassed substantial nuances. On the one hand, the high theological culture in which Holland participated positively acknowledged those consciences troubled by the fear of God and sin as those predestined to salvation. On the other hand, dreading about minor causes such as the acts of witches and the devil, or fearing nature, understood as an autonomous entity from God's will when a personal or collective calamity occurred, was considered as a lack of confidence in the divine providence, as well as a token of a reprobate soul.
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