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Release Year
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2003
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ISBN
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9780140137446
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Book Title
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Religion and the Decline of Magic : Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
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Publisher
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Penguin Books, The Limited
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Item Length
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8 in
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Publication Year
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2003
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Uk-B Format Paperback
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Language
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English
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1.6 in
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Genre
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Religion, Social Science, History
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History, Europe / General, Sociology of Religion
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20.7 Oz
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5 in
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Number of Pages
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880 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
0140137440
ISBN-13
9780140137446
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117254024
Product Key Features
Book Title
Religion and the Decline of Magic : Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England
Number of Pages
880 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History, Europe / General, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Religion, Social Science, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
20.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
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Trade
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Monumental. . . with a living treasure on each page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I’ve pressed on other people most energetically. (Selected people, of course. They have to care for history, and they need a sense of wonder and a sense of fun.) — Hilary Mantel, New York Times|9780140137446|, Monumental … with a living treasure on each page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I’ve pressed on other people most energetically. (Selected people, of course. They have to care for history, and they need a sense of wonder and a sense of fun.), Monumental. . . with a living treasure on each page, and probably the book that, in my whole life, I’ve pressed on other people most energetically. (Selected people, of course. They have to care for history, and they need a sense of wonder and a sense of fun.) — Hilary Mantel, New York Times|9780140137446|
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
133/.0942/09031
Synopsis
Witchcraft, astrology, divination, and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the 16th and 17th 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 Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas’s classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.
LC Classification Number
BF1425
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