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Religion and the Decline of Magic:

Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
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Penguin Books Limited, 30.01.2003 - 880 Seiten
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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Review: Religion and the Decline of Magic

Nutzerbericht  - Polenth Blake - Goodreads

You may want to slap the author for his racism, sexism and other things. However, it does have a lot of information, and is a valuable reference for anyone studying magic and religion in sixteenth and ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

Review: Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

Nutzerbericht  - Pippa222 - Goodreads

Although Keith Thomas has a slight tendency to list this was an extremely interesting book, with much detailed research. Vollständige Rezension lesen

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Über den Autor (2003)

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 the study of history.

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