Witchcraft in early modern Europe: studies in culture and belief
'Many reasons why': witchcraft and the problem of multiple explanation / Robin Briggs -- Witchcraft studies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland / Wolfgang Behringer -- State-building and witch hunting in early modern Europe / Brian P. Levack -- The devil's encounter with America / Fe...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
1996
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| In: | Year: 1996 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | Past and present publications
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Belief in witches
/ History 1500-1800
B Europe / Witch / History 1500-1753 |
| Further subjects: | B
Witchcraft (England)
History
B Collection of essays B Occultism (Europe) B Witchcraft (Europe) History |
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Sample text Verlagsangaben (Publisher) |
| Summary: | 'Many reasons why': witchcraft and the problem of multiple explanation / Robin Briggs -- Witchcraft studies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland / Wolfgang Behringer -- State-building and witch hunting in early modern Europe / Brian P. Levack -- The devil's encounter with America / Fernando Cervantes -- 'Saints or sorcerers': Quakerism, demonology and the decline of witchcraft in seventeenth-century England / Peter Elmer -- The descendants of Circe: witches and Renaissance fictions / Gareth Roberts -- Witchcraft and fantasy in early modern Germany / Lyndal Roper -- The devil in East Anglia: the Matthew Hopkins trials reconsidered / Jim Sharpe -- Witchcraft in early modern Kent: stereotypes and the background to accusations / Malcolm Gaskill -- Patriarchal reconstruction and witch hunting / Marianne Hester -- Witchcraft repealed / Ian Bostridge -- On the continuation of witchcraft / Willem de Blecourt |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 368 S, Ill, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-521-55224-9 |