Magic in Britain
Subtitle: A History of Medieval and Earlier Practices
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781476674001
Subjects: Magic, history; Great britain, history
Description: "Magic, both benevolent and malign, has been practiced in the British Isles since at least the Iron Age. The Anglo-Saxons used ritual curses in documents, and wrote spells and charms. When they became Christians, the new "magicians" were saints, who performed miracles. The Church was able to quell the fear of magicians, but Reformation saw its revival"--