Religion, Magic, and the Origins of Science in Early Modern England 1409444589, 9781409444589

Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern Europe 1108441653, 9781108441650

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the d

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Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern Europe 9781108348232, 9781108425285, 2020037936, 2020037937, 9781108441650

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Making Magic in Elizabethan England: Two Early Modern Vernacular Books of Magic 9780271085173

This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan Eng

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Fabricating Founders in Early Modern England: History, Rhetoric, and the Origins of Christianity 900451435X, 9789004514355

This book explores how early modern Catholics and Protestants strategically reimagined, rewrote, and reinterpreted the l

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Origins of Democratic Culture: Printing, Petitions, and the Public Sphere in Early-Modern England 9780691222592

This innovative work of historical sociology locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the emergent culture

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Origins of Democratic Culture: Printing, Petitions, and the Public Sphere in Early-Modern England 0691006946, 9780691006949

This innovative work of historical sociology locates the origins of modern democratic discourse in the emergent culture

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The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England 9780271089546

In 1510, nine men were tried in the Archbishop’s Court in York for attempting to find and extract a treasure on the moor

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Medicine, Religion, and Magic in Early Stuart England: Richard Napier's Medical Practice 9780271081755

The astrologer-physician Richard Napier (1559-1634) was not only a man of practical science and medicine but also a mast

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Crime and Mentalities in Early Modern England

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By the Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England 0197608787, 9780197608784

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