Religion and the decline of magic : studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England / Keith Thomas.
By: Thomas, Keith.
Material type: BookSeries: Peregrine books.Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1978Description: xxi, 853 p. ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140551506 (pbk).Subject(s): Occultism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- England -- HistoryDDC classification: 303.372Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 303.372 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00053820 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.