Religion and the Decline of Magic
Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
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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 soc...
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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. 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.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780140137446
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
880
Udgivelsesdato
30-01-2003
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3219033
EAN nr.
9780140137446
Varegruppe
History & military
Højde/Dybde (mm)
130
Bredde (mm)
196
Længde (mm)
36
Vægt (g)
616