Description: 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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EAN: 9780140137446
UPC: 9780140137446
ISBN: 9780140137446
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Book Title: Religion and the Decline of Magic : 'Still Weaves Its Spell over Successive Generations of Readers ... a Great Historical Imagination'
Number of Pages: 880 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, The Limited
Item Height: 1.5 in
Topic: Social History, Europe / Great Britain / General, History, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Religion, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 20.2 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Keith Thomas
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
