Religion and the Decline of MagicReligion & the Decline of Magic is Keith Thomas's classic history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society in the 16th and 17th centuries and how these beliefs were a part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time. It is not only a major historical and religious work, but a thoroughly enjoyable book filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today- the belief in the supernatural that still continues in the modern world. |
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Page 97
... John Aubrey pointed out , the iconoclast Henry Sherfield in 1620 broke not only a window depicting God the Father in Salisbury Cathedral , but also his own leg while standing on a pew to do it . Many of Aubrey's contemporaries shared ...
... John Aubrey pointed out , the iconoclast Henry Sherfield in 1620 broke not only a window depicting God the Father in Salisbury Cathedral , but also his own leg while standing on a pew to do it . Many of Aubrey's contemporaries shared ...
Page 194
... John Aubrey tells of the religious visionary , Arise Evans , who ' had a fungous nose and said it was revealed to him that the King's hand would cure him , and at the first coming of King Charles Ir into St James's Park he kissed the ...
... John Aubrey tells of the religious visionary , Arise Evans , who ' had a fungous nose and said it was revealed to him that the King's hand would cure him , and at the first coming of King Charles Ir into St James's Park he kissed the ...
Page 292
... John Aubrey is the nativity of Walter Charleton , sometime President of the Royal College of Physicians , set by Lord Brouncker , the first President of the Royal Society . " John Dryden remained an astrological devotee throughout his ...
... John Aubrey is the nativity of Walter Charleton , sometime President of the Royal College of Physicians , set by Lord Brouncker , the first President of the Royal Society . " John Dryden remained an astrological devotee throughout his ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 43 |
3 The Impact of the Reformation | 63 |
Copyright | |
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