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Witchcraft Persecutions In Bavaria : Popular Magic Religiouszealotry And Reason Of State In Early Modern Europe
Paperback Edition: 1/2003
This is a major, groundbreaking study by a leading scholar of continental witchcraft studies, now made available to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
The author has compiled a thorough overview of all known prosecutions for witchcraft in the period 1300 - 1800, and shows conclusively that witch hunting was not a constant or uniform phenomenon: three-quarters of all known executions for witchcraft were concentrated in the years 1586 - 1630.
The book also investigates the social and political implications of witchcraft, and the complex religious debates between believers and skeptics.
Pages : 504
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Publication date : 2003-11-13
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History, Religion & Beliefs, Occult Studies