The Early Modern Angel - Bibliography and List of Useful Resources

Bibliography:

Anon. Truth appearing through the clouds of undeserved scandal and aspersion. London, 1654.

Claxton, Laurence. A paradisical dialogue betwixt faith and reason disputing the high mysterious secrets of eternity, the like never extant in our revelation. London: William Lerner, 1660.

Deacon, John. A publick discovery of a secret deceit. Or, The man of sin unmasked, his sheeps-clothing of glorious pretences pulled off; and his wolvish inside set forth in its colours. Where may easily be discerned Satan transformed into the resemblance of an angel... London: The sign of the Bottle neer the great North door of Pauls., 1656.

Deacon, Richard. John Dee: Scientist, Geographer, Astrologer, and Secret Agent to Elizabeth I. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1968. 141-56, 172-3, 206-213.

Fowler, Christopher. Daemonium meridianum. Satan at noon. Or, Antichristian blasphemies, anti-scripturall divelismes, anti-morall uncleanness, evidenced in the light of truth, and published by the hand of justice. London: Francis Eglesfield, 1655.

Fowler, Christopher. Daemonium meridianum. Sathan at noon. The first hath discovered the blasphemies of J. Pordage, against the Lord Christ, under the pretence of visions, and converse with angles. London: Francis Eglesfield, 1656.

Marshall, Peter, and Alexandra Walsham. "Migrations of angels in the early modern world." Angels in the Early Modern World. Ed. Peter Marshall and Alexandra Walsham. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2006. 1-22, 32-33.

Marshall, Peter. "Angels in the Early Modern Period." Interview with Lesley Carr. Video blog post. Warwick ICAST. 13 Feb. 2007. 10 Sept. 2008 .

Oldridge, Darren. Strange Histories: The trial of the pig, the walking dead, and other matters of fact from the medieval and Renaissance worlds. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005. 20-39.

Raymond, Joad. "'With the tongues of angels': angelic conversations in Paradise Lost and seventeenth century England." Angels in the Early Modern World. Ed. Patrick Marshall and Alexandra Walsham. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2006. 256-81.

Salkeld, John. A treatise of angels Of the nature, essence, place, power, science, vvill, apparitions, grace, sinne, and all other proprieties of angels. Collected out of the holy Scriptures, ancient fathers, and schoole-diuines. London: Thomas Snodham, 1613.

Walsham, Alexandra. "Angels and idols in England's long Reformation." Angels in the Early Modern World. Ed. Peter Marshall and Alexandra Walsham. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2006. 134-67.

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List of Useful Resources for Someone Interested in Pursuing the Topic:

Everything listed above, and:

Angels in the Early Modern World. Ed. Peter Marshall and Alexandra Walsham. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2006. This book is full of interesting articles about angels and angel belief during the Renaissance. It focuses mostly on England, but also has articles examining angel belief in the rest of the British Isles and other parts of Europe.

Deacon, John. The grand imposter examined: or the life, tryal and examination of James Nayler, the seduced and seducing Quaker with the manner of his riding into Brystol. London: The Hand in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1656. -- I found this near the end of my research and have not yet read much of it. It is an account of the life of the man who thought to have spoken with angels, but then found that they were the devil in disguise.

Early English Books Online (EEBO) is an incredible resource for finding primary sources, particularly pamphlets from the Early Modern period. When I typed in "angel," I got over a thousand hits! -- however, about 100 of those hits were from a popular salescorner "the Angell," and often didn't relate to angel beliefs.