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Religion and the Decline of Magic Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England by Thomas, Keith ( Author ) ON Dec-12-1991, Paperback (Updated Edition) by Keith Thomas Paperback, 880 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-14-013744-0 / 0140137440 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-013744-6 / 9780140137446 Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth 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 |