Full name: Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History

Author: Owen Davies Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Religion Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781847250360 184725036X

Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role that has previously been ignored. Similar books: America Bewitched by Owen Davies Witchfinders by Malcolm Gaskill Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath by Carlo Ginzburg A History of Witchcraft by Jeffrey B. Russell No god but God by Reza Aslan 1453 by Roger Crowley Caesar and Christ by Will Durant Servants of Allah by Sylviane A. Diouf The Wonder That Was India by A. L. Basham When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone by Gal Beckerman The Stations of the Sun by Ronald Hutton The First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge Belonging by Simon Schama Magic in the Middle Ages by Richard Kieckhefer The Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg A Religious History of the American People by S. E. Ahlstrom In the Shadow of the Sword by Tom Holland Jews, God, and History by Max I. Dimont The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal Defenders of the Faith by James Reston Jr.