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001			2018007991
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008			180305s2018 ncua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2018007991
020			_a9781476674001 (softcover : alk. paper)
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040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aBF1591 _b.M45 2018
082	0	0	_a133.4/30941 _223
100	1		_aMelrose, Robin,
245	1	0	_aMagic in Britain : _ba history of medieval and earlier practices / _cRobin Melrose.
264		1	_aJefferson, North Carolina : _bMcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, _c[2018]
300			_av, 264 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 256-262) and index.
505	0		_aHuman bones, amulets and animals : magic and ritual in Iron Age Britain -- Withcraft, curse tablets and fear of the restless dead : magic in Roman Britain -- Germanic paganism, magic and witchcraft in Anglo-Saxon England -- Paganism, Christianity and the cult of saints in early Northumbria -- Paganism and Christianity in early east Anglia and Mercia -- Paganism and Christianity in early kingdom of Wessex -- The kingdom of Wessex, the Vikings, and pagan amulets and Christianity in the Danelaw -- Saints and magic after the Norman conquest : Anglo-Saxon saints -- New English saints and monasteries, and late medieval ritual curses -- The saints of Wales and Scotland : holy islands, ritual curses and healing waters -- Pagan magic in late medieval Christianity -- Magic, cunning folk and witchcraft trials in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMagic _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
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