Description: Religion and the Decline of MagicStudies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England Author(s): Keith Thomas Format: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 9780140137446, 978-0140137446 Synopsis Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth 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 the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.
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Book Title: Religion and the Decline of Magic
Item Height: 198 mm
Item Width: 129 mm
Author: Sir Keith Thomas
Publication Name: Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Subject: Mythology, History
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 596 g
Number of Pages: 880 Pages
