The decline of magic : Britain in the Enlightenment /

A new history which overturns the received wisdom that science displaced magic in Enlightenment Britain In early modern Britain, belief in prophecies, omens, ghosts, apparitions and fairies was commonplace. Among both educated and ordinary people the absolute existence of a spiritual world was taken...

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Main Author: Hunter, Michael, 1949- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2329370