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Religion and the Decline of Magic

Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

by Keith Thomas

1971 716 pages eng

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant…

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