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

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Sir Keith Thomas

Religion and the Decline of Magic

Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England

Sir Keith Thomas

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PENGUIN GROUP USA
30 January 2003

British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; History of ideas; Magic, spells & alchemy

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.

By: Sir Keith Thomas
Imprint: PENGUIN GROUP USA
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 596g
ISBN: 9780140137446
ISBN 10: 0140137440
Pages: 880
Publication Date: 30 January 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.