Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback)

Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback)

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

An Analysis of Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic (Young Simon)(Paperback)

Keith Thomas's classic study of all forms of popular belief has been influential for so long now that it is difficult to remember how revolutionary it seemed when it first appeared. By publishing Religion and the Decline of Magic, Thomas became the first serious scholar to attempt to synthesize the

England and Europe in the Sixteenth Century (Doran Susan)(Paperback)

This book provides a thematic survey of English foreign policy in the sixteenth century, focusing on the influence of the concept of honour, security concerns, religious ideology and commercial interests on the making of policy. It draws attention to aspects of continuity with the late-medieval

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Frazer James George)(Paperback)

A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition

In Pursuit of Civility - Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Liberty Against the Law: Some Seventeenth-Century Controversies (Hill Christopher)(Paperback)

A classic study of popular resistance to the momentous changes of 17th century England In 17th Century England, the law was not an instrument of justice - it was an instrument of oppression. The enclosures of common land, loss of many traditional rights and draconian punishments for minor

Pleasure in Profit: Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan (Moretti Laura)(Paperback)

In the seventeenth century, Japanese popular prose flourished as waves of newly literate readers gained access to the printed word. Commercial publishers released vast numbers of titles in response to readers' hunger for books that promised them potent knowledge. However, traditional literary

A History of Death in 17th Century England (Norman Ben)(Paperback)

Delve into the world of the unorthodox burial in seventeenth-century England, including mass interments in times of disease, the burial of suicides, and the unconventional laying to rest of English Catholics.Death was a constant presence in the lives of the rich and poor alike in

Invisible Worlds: Death, Religion And The Supernatural In England, 1500-1700 (Marshall Peter)(Paperback)

How did traditional beliefs about the supernatural change as a result of the Reformation, and what were the intellectual and cultural consequences? Following a masterly interpretative introduction, Peter Marshall traces the effects of the Reformers' assaults on established beliefs about the

The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern (Devlin Keith)(Paperback)

In the early seventeenth century, the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll was consigned to the realm of unknowable chance. Mathematicians largely agreed that it was impossible to predict the probability of an occurrence. Then, in 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre de Fermat explaining

Century of Deception - The Birth of the Hoax in Eighteenth Century England (Keable Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Embracing history and society, literature and theatre, medicine and religion, author and magician Ian Keable reveals our susceptibility to being duped. 'Fake news', 'going viral' and 'social media' may be modern terms, but as this amusing and eye-opening book shows, these concepts have been with us

Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America (Winship Michael P.)(Paperback)

On fire for God--a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that

Man and the Natural World - Changing Attitudes in England 1500-1800 (Thomas Sir Keith)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an account of the changing attitudes in people towards nature and the environment between

Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (Parker Geoffrey)(Paperback)

How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer. Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they

Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Ginzburg Carlo)(Paperback)

Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centered on the benandanti, literally, 'good walkers.' These men and women described fighting extraordinary ritual battles against witches and wizards in order to

Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century (Parker Geoffrey)(Paperback)

An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change First published in 2013, Geoffrey Parker's prize-winning best seller Global Crisis analyzes the unprecedented calamities--revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars,

Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes

Fiction in the Archives: Pardon Tales and Their Tellers in Sixteenth-Century France (Davis Natalie Zemon)(Paperback)

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide-unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusable-a supplicant had to tell the king a story. These stories took the form of letters of remission, documents narrated to royal notaries by admitted

All Things Made New - Writings on the Reformation (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

The reformation which engulfed England and Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody and transformative periods in their history, and has remained one of the most contested. This book explores a turbulent and endlessly fascinating

Justice and Mercy: Moral Theology and the Exercise of Law in Twelfth-Century England (Byrne Philippa)(Paperback)

This study investigates justice and mercy in twelfth-century England, using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections to explore how moralists approached questions of judgement and judicial ethics in the foundational period of English common

The Origins of Museums: The Cabinet of Curiosities in Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Europe (Impey Oliver)(Pevná vazba)

- A reprint of the original 1985 edition with updated photographs- Thirty- three essays from scholarly contributors on the evolution of collecting, and how this lead to the formation of the modern museum- One of the first books to explore how collectors live with their objects, a subject which has

The Queen and the Heretic: How Two Women Changed the Religion of England (Wilson Derek)(Paperback)

Catherine Parr and Anne Askew: united in faith and danger, divided in

Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (de la Torre Miguel A.)(Paperback)

This book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santer a - a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santer a is a religion with

The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment