by KeithThomas (Author)
In this detailed, scholarly and immensely facsinating book, Sir Keith Thomas has analysed the thoughts and practices of an age when the supernatural was such a real and important part of men's lives.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 10 Mar 1997
ISBN 10: 0297819720
ISBN 13: 9780297819721
Book Overview: * Created a whole new field of research, still growing, into beliefs in the pre-industrial world. * Named as one of the 100 Most Influential books since the War by the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT in 1995. * Demonstrated that the witch, the cunning man and the astrologer were as influential as the priest in the 15th century.