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Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief (Past and Present Publications)

By Jonathan Barry , Marianne Hester , Gareth Roberts

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0521552249, 9780521552240
LCC
BF1566 .W738 1996
Open Library ID
OL7746114M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15227387 bytes)
Pages
388\385
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This important new collection of essays offers a wide readership both an up-to-date account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft and an indication of the direction of new research. The contributors build on and respond to the issues raised in Keith Thomas' classic study Religion and the Decline of Magic, and suggest a greater emphasis on cultural history, notably issues of power, gender and language. The essays are European in scope, with examples from Germany, France and the Spanish expansion into the New World, as well as a strong core of English material.

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