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Loading... Enchanted Europe: Superstition, Reason, and Religion, 1250-1750by Euan Cameron
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Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called 'superstitious' by educated elites. For centuries religious believers used 'superstition' as a term of abuse to denounce another religion that they thought inferior, or to criticize their fellow-believers for practising their faith 'wrongly'. From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, scholars argued over what 'superstition' was, how to identify it, and how to persuade people No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.2094Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktalesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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