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Religion and the Decline of Magic
Keith Thomas
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Description for Religion and the Decline of Magic
Paperback. Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This analysis of beliefs held on different levels of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRA; JFCX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140137446
SKU
9780140137446
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About Keith Thomas
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. RELIGION AND DECLINE OF MAGIC, his first book, won one of the two Wolfson Literary Awards for History in 1972. He was knighted in 1988 for services to ... Read more
Reviews for Religion and the Decline of Magic
Monumental ... with a living treasure on each page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I've pressed on other people most energetically. (Selected people, of course. They have to care for history, and they need a sense of wonder and a sense of fun.)
Hilary Mantel
New York Times
Hilary Mantel
New York Times