Decline of Magic - Britain in the Enlightenment

Early Modern Britain embraced the supernatural and took the absolute existence of a spiritual world for granted. In the eighteenth century these certainties were swept away. Nonetheless, as Michael Hunter reveals in this ground-breaking account, attitudes remained divided and magic was never properly tested in the Enlightenment.

About the author

Michael Hunter is Emeritus Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London.

Summary

A provocative account of the seismic shift in attitude toward the supernatural in seventeenth and eighteenth century Britain

Product details

• Authors: Michael Hunter, Hunter Michael
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300260953
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26095-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Occult Studies