Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern Europe

by Mark A. Waddell

Book Overview

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches flew through the dark of night to feast on the flesh of unbaptized infants, magicians conversed with angels or struck pacts with demons, and astrologers cast the horoscopes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108441653
• ISBN13: 9781108441650
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"