The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.

比故事还精彩的史学经典，一览英格兰巫术众生相 Religion and the Decline of Magic ●首届沃尔夫森历史奖获奖作品 ●20世纪史学经典，历史人类学流派开山之作 ●启蒙运动的另一个维度，科学和理性如何战胜了巫术？ ●锁线胶订，经得起反复翻阅 在16和17世纪，妖术、占星术、巫术疗法等大众迷信几乎遍及英格兰的每一个角落，人们相信国王的触摸可以治病，而护身符可以抵御恶灵的侵袭。与此同时，宗教改革试图将巫术从中教会仪式中剥离出来，科学家也不断发现解释万物的全新理论。 托马斯深入英格兰各地档案，用海量的例证和审慎的分析带领我们进入早期现代人类的心智，向我们展示科学和理性如何同古老的信仰体系争夺关于世界的解释权，而基督教又如何跟随大众心智的启蒙，完成了自身的现代化。 具有里程碑意义……每一页都是人间宝藏，这大概是我这辈子最热情地向他人推荐的作品。 ——希拉里·曼特尔（《狼厅》作者、两次布克奖得主），《纽约书评》 本书为社会人类学家和历史学家打开了一个广阔的领域……彻底改变了我们对早期现代英国的理解……书中用精彩的论述和丰富的案例，展现了“世界的祛魅”这一韦伯经典命题。 ——艾伦·麦克法兰，《今日历史》 一项重大历史成就……范围之广博令人叹为观止，洞见之深刻令人耳目一新……那段历史因为本书而彻底改变。 ——《经济史评论》

A lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced survey of Western civilization’s transition from the Middle Ages to modernity brings that tumultuous period vividly to life. Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted writer, chronicles the two-hundred-year era of the Renaissance and Reformation with particular attention to issues that persist as concerns in the present day. Eire connects the Protestant and Catholic Reformations in new and profound ways, and he demonstrates convincingly that this crucial turning point in history not only affected people long gone, but continues to shape our world and define who we are today. The book focuses on the vast changes that took place in Western civilization between 1450 and 1650, from Gutenberg’s printing press and the subsequent revolution in the spread of ideas to the close of the Thirty Years’ War. Eire devotes equal attention to the various Protestant traditions and churches as well as to Catholicism, skepticism, and secularism, and he takes into account the expansion of European culture and religion into other lands, particularly the Americas and Asia. He also underscores how changes in religion transformed the Western secular world. A book created with students and nonspecialists in mind, Reformations is an inspiring, provocative volume for any reader who is curious about the role of ideas and beliefs in history.

北欧、肥腴月湾、爱琴海延安、尼罗河畔……凡是神话发达的地方都流传着一则类似的神话故事，虽然情节各依地理风貌和民族想象变化多致——有一位神，死了，却又复活；他的死给大地带来新的生机。在牛津大学教授古典文学的大学者C.S.路易斯，将这些神话玩味再三，仿佛倾听到上帝要传递给人类“道成肉身”德、的信息，亘古以来，沿着人类意识的幽峡不断回荡，至今不绝……