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 451
... Matthew Hopkins and his associates resulted in the execution of several hundred witches in Essex , Suffolk , Norfolk and neigh- bouring counties . There were other notable trials , in Essex in 1582 ( involving fourteen persons ) , and ...
... Matthew Hopkins and his associates resulted in the execution of several hundred witches in Essex , Suffolk , Norfolk and neigh- bouring counties . There were other notable trials , in Essex in 1582 ( involving fourteen persons ) , and ...
Page 457
... Matthew Hopkins , and his associate John Stearne . Hopkins's campaign pro- bably brought him some personal profit , though both he and Stearne denied it.5 His two hundred or so victims also constituted a sizable proportion of the total ...
... Matthew Hopkins , and his associate John Stearne . Hopkins's campaign pro- bably brought him some personal profit , though both he and Stearne denied it.5 His two hundred or so victims also constituted a sizable proportion of the total ...
Page 518
... Matthew Hopkins , and his like . The closer the confession conforms to the ideas of con- tinental demonologists , the less convincing does it appear when carefully scrutinised . Yet not all the confessions of relations with the Devil ...
... Matthew Hopkins , and his like . The closer the confession conforms to the ideas of con- tinental demonologists , the less convincing does it appear when carefully scrutinised . Yet not all the confessions of relations with the Devil ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 43 |
3 The Impact of the Reformation | 63 |
Copyright | |
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