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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140137446
eBay Product ID (ePID)87833572
Product Key Features
Number of Pages880 Pages
Publication NameReligion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMythology, History
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorSir Keith Thomas
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight596 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSir Keith Thomas
TopicReligious History, Books