Religion and the Decline - Magic Studies in Popular Belief

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Monumental ... with a living treasure on each page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I've pressed on other people most energetically. (Selected people, of course. They have to care for history, and they need a sense of wonder and a sense of fun.) -- Hilary Mantel New York Times Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: K. Thomas, Keith Thomas, Sir Keith Thomas, Thomas Keith
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2003
• EAN: 9780140137446
• ISBN: 978-0-14-013744-6
• No. of pages: 880
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); England, History of Ideas, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, HISTORY / Social History, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Folklore, myths & legends, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, spells and alchemy, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Folklore, myths and legends, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599