Description
| Product ID: | 9780140137446 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Religion and the Decline of Magic |
| Subtitle: | Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England |
| Authors: | Author: Sir Keith Thomas |
| Page Count: | 880 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Religion: general, History of ideas, Magic, spells and alchemy, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religion: general, History of ideas, Magic, spells & alchemy, England, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1600 to c 1700 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-01-30 |
