{"product_id":"history-of-witchcraft-jeffrey-b-russell-9780500286340","title":"A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, \u0026 Pagans","description":"For nearly thirty years, Jeffrey B. Russell's authoritative book has been the one illustrated history to which anyone interested in this subject could turn with confidence. Now, in collaboration with Brooks Alexander, who has himself conducted innovative research in the field, this classic book has been fully revised, with an updated introduction and bibliography, new information throughout, and an extended account of witchcraft from ancient times to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the European witch craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries developed out of a combination of ancient sorcery and medieval Christian heresy, paganism, folklore, scholastic theology, and inquisitorial trials. Whether the diabolical witchcraft for which men and women went to the stake ever existed is open to question. What matters more is that it was believed to exist by intellectuals and peasants alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey B. Russell, Brooks Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500286345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500286340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Jeffrey B. Russell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050449596671,"sku":"9780500286340","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3530b36-8495-4a2c-a5ee-79809eec9012.jpg?v=1685007292","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-witchcraft-jeffrey-b-russell-9780500286340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}