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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 74
Page 397
... predictions in future . This statute was repealed in 1547 , but in 1549-50 a new Act ' against fond and fantastical prophecies ' imposed fines and imprisonment upon those who circulated such predictions with intent to stir up rebellion ...
... predictions in future . This statute was repealed in 1547 , but in 1549-50 a new Act ' against fond and fantastical prophecies ' imposed fines and imprisonment upon those who circulated such predictions with intent to stir up rebellion ...
Page 410
... predictions , or rather of predictions attributed by Heywood to him . In the same year Mother Shipton made her début5 and was an instant success . Her murky predictions were also included in Two strange prophesies ( 1642 ) , the first ...
... predictions , or rather of predictions attributed by Heywood to him . In the same year Mother Shipton made her début5 and was an instant success . Her murky predictions were also included in Two strange prophesies ( 1642 ) , the first ...
Page 411
... predictions ( 1643 ) , which included Mother Shipton , Ignatius and a string of others , all said to be older than the time of the anonymous editor's great - grandfather , yet speaking ' so directly of the present times as if they had ...
... predictions ( 1643 ) , which included Mother Shipton , Ignatius and a string of others , all said to be older than the time of the anonymous editor's great - grandfather , yet speaking ' so directly of the present times as if they had ...
Contents
The Environment | 3 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 43 |
3 The Impact of the Reformation | 63 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2nd edn accused almanac Archaeol Ashm Ashmole astrological Aubrey belief Bishop Bodl Cambridge Catholic chap charms Christian Church claimed clergy clients confessed conjuration contemporary courts cunning cunning folk cure curse death declared Devil Diary Discourse Discoverie disease divine doctrine ecclesiastical Elizabeth Elizabethan England English Essex evil Ewen example explain fairies faith Folk-Lore G. G. Coulton Gadbury Gentilisme ghosts God's healing Henry History holy intellectual John John Aubrey John Dee John Gadbury Journ judicial astrology King Kittredge Lilly Lollards London magic maleficent Matthew Hopkins medicine medieval natural Oxford parish persons Physicians plague popular practice prayer predictions prognostication prophecies prophetic prosecution Protestant Puritan records Reformation Reginald Scot reign religion religious Richard ritual Robert Royal scepticism Science Scot Sermons seventeenth century Simon Forman social society sorcery spirits supernatural Thomas thought trans Treatise Tudor William William Lilly William Perkins witch-beliefs witchcraft witches wizard woman