Earthquakes, Sin and John Shower

Authors

  • Robert A. Aubin Rutgers University Libraries

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/jrul.v13i1.1270

Keywords:

English history, earthquakes, Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes in Jamaicay England, Sicily, Malta

Abstract

The article is about the earthquake of September 8, 1692, that hit the southeastern counties of England and parts of the Continent. It focuses on the contemporary account of John Shower in his "Practical Reflections on the Late Earthquakes in Jamaica, England, Sicily, Malta, &c. Anno 1692. With a Particular, Historical Account of Those, and Divers Other Earthquakes" (1693). It represent a preacher's view of a natural disaster that moderates between religion and the new scientific spirit.

Author Biography

Robert A. Aubin, Rutgers University Libraries

Rutgers University Libraries

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Published

2012-04-18

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (1949)

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