Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe: Studies in Culture and Belief (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521552240)

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.

Author: Jonathan Barry
ISBN-10: 0521552249
ISBN-13: 9780521552240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/13/1996
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.75h x 5.68w x 0.98d