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  • Audiobook

    Magic in Merlin's Realm

    A History of Occult Politics in Britain

    by Francis Young ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours

    Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Silence of the Gods

    The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples

    by Francis Young ...
    The formal conversion to Christianity in 1387 of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania seemingly marked the end of Europe's last 'pagan' peoples. But the reality was different. At the margins, often under the radar, around the dusky edgelands, pre-Christian religions endured and indeed continued to flourish for an astonishing five centuries. Silence of the Gods tells, for the first time, the remarkable ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Zero Red - An Eddie Zero Novel

    by Francis Young ...
    Sold out Rock Concerts in Rome, Amsterdam and London. A spell in Wormwood Scrubs jail. A potential Indian arranged marriage. The back streets of Rome. London buses. A random ventriloquist. The occasional drug addict. Plenty of cricket, and, of course, a lot of of beautiful women. A steam train. Yellow tailed monkeys. Brazilian pirates, Ecuadoran asylum seekers. A helicopter co-pilot called Pontius ... Read more

    $6.09 USD

  • Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England

    A History of Sorcery and Treason

    by Francis Young ...
    Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II. Theories of occult conspiracy then regularly led to major political scandals, such as the trial of Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester in 1441. While accusations of magical treason against high-ranking figures were indeed a staple of late medieval English power politics, they acquired new significance at the Reformation ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Witchcraft and the Modern Roman Catholic Church

    by Francis Young ...
    Series series Elements in Magic
    Witchcraft is rarely mentioned in official documents of the contemporary Roman Catholic church, but ideas about the dangers of witchcraft and other forms of occultism underpin the recent revival of interest in exorcism in the church. This Element examines hierarchical and clerical understandings of witchcraft within the contemporary Roman Catholic church. The Element considers the difficulties ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553�1829

    by Francis Young ...
    Series series Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
    In spite of an upsurge in interest in the social history of the Catholic community and an ever-growing body of literature on early modern 'superstition' and popular religion, the English Catholic community's response to the invisible world of the preternatural and supernatural has remained largely neglected. Addressing this oversight, this book explores Catholic responses to the supernatural world ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Fairies

    A History

    by Francis Young ...
    Many people think they know what fairies are, what a fairy looks like, and how a fairy is expected to behave. Francis Young's new history of fairies demonstrates that the truth about belief in fairies is far stranger than clichéd images of tiny figures with wings and wands.Before the rise of the 'small winged fairy' in the nineteenth century, the category of fairies included a vast range of ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Edmund

    In Search of England's Lost King

    by Francis Young ...
    What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines? The ruins of the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds are a memorial to the largest Romanesque church ever built. This Suffolk market town is now a quiet place, out of the way, eclipsed by its more famous neighbour Cambridge. But present obscurity may conceal a find as significant as the emergence ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Magic in Merlin's Realm

    A History of Occult Politics in Britain

    by Francis Young ...
    Belief in magic was, until relatively recent times, widespread in Britain; yet the impact of such belief on determinative political events has frequently been overlooked. In his wide-ranging new book, Francis Young explores the role of occult traditions in the history of the island of Great Britain: Merlin's realm. He argues that while the great magus and artificer invented by Geoffrey of Monmouth ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity

    by Francis Young ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book traces the development of exorcism in Catholic Christianity from the fourth century to the present day, and seeks to explain why exorcism is still so much in demand. This is the first work in English to trace the development of the liturgy, practice and authorisation of exorcisms in Latin Christianity. The rite of exorcism, and the claim by Roman Catholic priests to be able to drive ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • A History of Anglican Exorcism

    Deliverance and Demonology in Church Ritual

    by Francis Young ...
    Exorcism is more widespread in contemporary England than perhaps at any other time in history. The Anglican Church is by no means the main provider of this ritual, which predominantly takes place in independent churches. However, every one of the Church of England dioceses in the country now designates at least one member of its clergy to advise on casting out demons. Such `deliverance ministry' ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Zero - Eddie Zero's Debut Novel

    by Francis Young ...
    Eddie Zero is not your usual hero. He is a successful professional drummer from the 90's whose four interests in life are blondes, mozart, marijuana and cricket. This, his first novel, takes us from Barbados to a Bedouin encampment in the Jordanian desert, via Beirut and Swindon! You will find, amongst some beautiful women, turtles, transvestites, paedophiles, camels and drug taking. Eddie does ... Read more

    $8.09 USD