They Flew: A History of the Impossible

by Carlos M. N. Eire and Carlos M.N. Eire

Book Overview

An award-winning historian's examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance

"Historically rich and superbly written."--David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal

Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era--tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft--even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300259808
• ISBN13: 9780300259803
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"