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Religion and the Decline of Magic : Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England

Keith Thomas (Author)
eBook, English, 2003
Penguin, London, 2003
History
1 online resource (880 pages)
9780141932408, 0141932406
1003999753
Prologue
1. The environment
Religion
2. The magic of the medieval church
3. The impact of the reformation
4. Providence
5. Prayer and prophecy
6. Religion and the people
Magic
7. Magical healing
8. Cunning men and popular magic
9. Magic and religion
Astrology
10. Astrology: its practice and extent
11. Astrology: its social and intellectual role
12. Astrology and religion
The appeal to the past
13. Ancient prophecies
Witchcraft
14. Witchcraft in England: the crime and its history
15. Witchcraft and religion
16. The making of a witch
17. Witchcraft and its social environment
18. Witchcraft: decline
Allied Beliefs
19. Ghosts and fairies
20. Times and omens
Conclusion
21. Some interconnections
22. The decline of magic