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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Bengt Ankarloo
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-12-13 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and political
The Period of the Witch Trials
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Bengt Ankarloo
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:

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A compact survey of the European witch craze of the early modern period--a craze that later spilled over to America.
Beyond the Witch Trials
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Owen Davies
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-27 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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Beyond the witch trials provides an important collection of essays on the nature of witchcraft and magic in European society during the Enlightenment. The book
Witchcraft Continued
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Willem De Blécourt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

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An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteent
Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: A. Rowlands
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-22 - Publisher: Springer

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Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading schola