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Page 309
Indeed the seafaring community may have formed as much as a sixth of Lilly's
clientele.s In the later Elizabethan period the great sea captain Sir William
Monson did not hesitate to consult Simon Forman about the prospects for an
impending ...
Indeed the seafaring community may have formed as much as a sixth of Lilly's
clientele.s In the later Elizabethan period the great sea captain Sir William
Monson did not hesitate to consult Simon Forman about the prospects for an
impending ...
Page 316
It was a stock question for Forman, and Lilly was presented with it on at least
thirteen separate occasions in 1644-5.1 In ... Simon Forman, for example,
assured the Royal College of Physicians in 1593 that he used no help to know
diseases, ...
It was a stock question for Forman, and Lilly was presented with it on at least
thirteen separate occasions in 1644-5.1 In ... Simon Forman, for example,
assured the Royal College of Physicians in 1593 that he used no help to know
diseases, ...
Page 346
Simon Forman recorded in his diary for 1584 that 'certain brawls and slanders fell
out against me about the detecting of one that had stolen certain things, whereby
I was like to have been spoiled'. Captain Bubb was put in the pillory for a ...
Simon Forman recorded in his diary for 1584 that 'certain brawls and slanders fell
out against me about the detecting of one that had stolen certain things, whereby
I was like to have been spoiled'. Captain Bubb was put in the pillory for a ...
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Contents
The Environment | 3 |
W RELIGION | 4 |
The Magic of the Medieval Church | 25 |
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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 716 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies Body, Mind & Spirit / Occultism England England Religion Great Britain Magic Occultism Occultism England Religion Religion / General |
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