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Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Penguin History) Paperback in excellent condition. - 1991
by Thomas, Keith
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- Title Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Penguin History)
- Author Thomas, Keith
- Binding paperback in excellent condition.
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 880
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin UK, London
- Date 1991
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 000010
- ISBN 9780140137446 / 0140137440
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1.7 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 4.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 133.094
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Summary
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.
