Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England by Keith Thomas
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England
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Keith Thomas

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

Keith Thomas

880 pages • digital • 1971

13 editions

nonfiction history philosophy religion informative slow-paced
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Astrology, witchcraft, magical healing, divination, ancient prophecies, ghosts, and fairies were taken very seriously by people at all social and economic levels in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Helplessness in the face of disease an...

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