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020			_a9780140137446
082			_a133.094209031 _bTHO
100			_aThomas, Keith
245			_aReligion and the decline of magic : studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth and seventeenth century England
260			_bPenguin Books, _c1973 _aLondon :
300			_axx, 853 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b1099.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aPenguin university books
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWitchcraft, 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.
650			_aReligion
650			_aMagic
650			_aEngland
650			_aOccultism
650			_aPopular culture
650			_aFolklore
650			_aGreat Britain
650			_aChristianity
650			_aAstrology
650			_aEcclesiastical courts
650			_a Evil
650			_aFaith
650			_aProphecies
650			_aReformation
650			_a Spirits
650			_a Witch-craft
650			_a Magical healing
650			_aGhosts
650			_aDivination
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