Invisible Worlds : Death, Religion And The Supernatural In England, 1500-1700 Paperback / softback
by Professor Peter Marshall
Paperback / softback
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How did traditional beliefs about the supernatural change as a result of the Reformation, and what were the intellectual and cultural consequences?Following a masterly interpretative introduction, Peter Marshall traces the effects of the Reformers’ assaults on established beliefs about the afterlife.
He shows how debates about purgatory and the nature of hellfire acted as unwitting agents of modernization.
He then turns to popular beliefs about angels, ghosts and fairies, and considers how these were reimagined and reappropriated when cut from their medieval moorings.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:SPCK Publishing
- Publication Date:17/08/2017
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- ISBN:9780281075225
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:SPCK Publishing
- Publication Date:17/08/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780281075225