Religion and the Decline of Magic: How England Stopped Explaining Life Through the Supernatural
Witchy Phenomena When we consider the supernatural beliefs of those in Tudor and Stuart England, the creak of church doors, whispered charms, ominous comets, and the ever-present dread of witchcraft, they become something more than just explainable earthly phenomena. Keith Thomas’ Religion and the Decline of Magic is one of the best guides to help you understand magical beliefs in early modern England. Religion is a sweeping study of how ordinary English people from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries relied…