Religion and the Decline of Magic
Presents an analysis of the religious beliefs of English society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the use of popular magic, and the role the Protestant Reformation played in taking magic out of religion.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 1997
- ISBN-13
- 9780140137446
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Religion and magic in early modern EnglandProtestant ReformationPopular beliefs and superstition
Awards
- Wolfson History PrizeWon(1972)
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