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Religion and the Decline of Magic - Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R530
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Religion and the Decline of Magic - Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Paperback, New Ed)

Keith Thomas

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A fascinating study of witchcraft, astrology and every kind of popular magic that flourished in 16th- and 17th-century England. (Kirkus UK)

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 of wax could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of 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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Imprint: Penguin Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2003
First published: April 2012
Authors: Keith Thomas
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 853
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-013744-6
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > The Occult > Magic, spells & alchemy
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > The Occult > Magic, spells & alchemy
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LSN: 0-14-013744-0
Barcode: 9780140137446

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