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Page 258
The Royal Injunctions of 1547 fulminated against charmers, sorcerers,
enchanters, witches and soothsayers in language which was closely echoed
seven years later by Edmund Bonner, the Marian Bishop of London. Indeed
Bonner wrote at ...
The Royal Injunctions of 1547 fulminated against charmers, sorcerers,
enchanters, witches and soothsayers in language which was closely echoed
seven years later by Edmund Bonner, the Marian Bishop of London. Indeed
Bonner wrote at ...
Page 366
As late as 1716 the Bishop of Norwich was seeking to know whether there were
any of his flock who 'by sorcery, charms, or astrology, pretend to tell fortunes and
discover lost goods, or any that consult with such persons'.2 In this respect the ...
As late as 1716 the Bishop of Norwich was seeking to know whether there were
any of his flock who 'by sorcery, charms, or astrology, pretend to tell fortunes and
discover lost goods, or any that consult with such persons'.2 In this respect the ...
Page 408
The same was largely true in the Anglican Church, for Bishop Jewel and most of
his colleagues regarded 'fond and vain and lying prophecies' as misleading in
content and diabolical in origin.3 Yet although many early Protestants dismissed
...
The same was largely true in the Anglican Church, for Bishop Jewel and most of
his colleagues regarded 'fond and vain and lying prophecies' as misleading in
content and diabolical in origin.3 Yet although many early Protestants dismissed
...
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Contents
The Environment | 7 |
RELIGION | 8 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Religion and the decline of magic |
| Author | Keith Thomas |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 716 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism England England Religion Great Britain Magic Occultism Occultism England Religion / General |
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