This shift disenchanted the world and separated the secular from the religious, the Scriptural from the traditional. “The decline of magic” occurred after the Reformation of the sixteenth-century and forced a shift from the established Catholic worldview to a new and radical Protestant one. These historical processes gave rise to another phenomenon, however, which would entirely upset the way people interacted with the world. OL2624279W Page_number_confidence 95.32 Pages 750 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.10 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210316120739 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 548 Scandate 20210309095250 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog claremont Scribe3_search_id 10011374193 Tts_version 4.The early modern period in Britain conjures up images of religious change, civil war, and scientific revolutions. The Decline of MagicĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:01:00 Boxid IA40076014 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-658 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Witchcraft: Decline - Allied beliefs : - 19. Witchcraft and its Social Environment - 18. Witchcraft in England: the Crime and its History - 15. Astrology and Religion - The appeal to the past : - 13. Astrology: its Social and Intellectual Role - 12.

Includes bibliographical references and index It is not only a major historical and religious work, but a thoroughly enjoyable book filled with fascinating facts and original insights into an area of human nature that remains controversial today- the belief in the supernatural that still continues in the modern world Religion & the Decline of Magic is Keith Thomas's classic history of the magical beliefs held by people on every level of English society in the 16th and 17th centuries and how these beliefs were a part of the religious and scientific assumptions of the time.