ENGLISH

Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations

By Douglas , M.

Book information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2013
ISBN
113503298X, 9781135032982
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18326338 bytes)
Series
-
Edition
reprint
Pages
432\412
Topic
Religion
Time added
2019-03-28 15:58:11

Description

Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea. Contributors include: Mary Douglas, Norman Cohn, Peter Brown, Keith Thomas, Alan Macfarlane, Alison Redmayne, R.G. Willis, Edwin Ardener, Robert Brain, Julian Pitt-Rivers, Esther Goody, Peter Rivière, Anthony Forge, Godfrey Lienhardt, I.M. Lewis, Brian Spooner, G.I. Jones, Malcolm Ruel and T.O. Beidelman. First published in 1970. Part I The Context of Witchcraft in Europe..............2 Maps..............85 Part II Cleansing and Confession of Witches..............100 Part III Idioms of Power..............182 Part IV Alternative Interpretations of Misfortune..............276

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