Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England - Paperback
by Keith Thomas
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140137446ISBN-10:140137440UPC:9780140137446Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:HistorySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC6YENTDK8
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
Witchcraft, astrology, divination, and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140137446ISBN-10:140137440UPC:9780140137446Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:HistorySize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC6YENTDK8
Keith Thomas is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was formerly President of Corpus Christi College and, before that, Professor of Modern History and Fellow of St John's College. He was knighted in 1988 for services to the study of history.
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