Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe |
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| Author:
| Scarre, Geoffrey
Callow, John |
| Series title: | Studies in European History |
| ISBN: | 978-0-333-92082-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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In their study of witchcraft and magic in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, Geoffrey Scarre and John Callow provide an up-to-date examination of the theoretical and intellectual rationales which made prosecution for the crime acceptable to the Continent's judiciaries. Crucial to their approach is the conflict between supposedly 'rational' and 'irrational' systems of belief. Through the use of scholarship in the fields of anthropology, gender and historical studies, they...
More DescriptionIn their study of witchcraft and magic in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, Geoffrey Scarre and John Callow provide an up-to-date examination of the theoretical and intellectual rationales which made prosecution for the crime acceptable to the Continent's judiciaries. Crucial to their approach is the conflict between supposedly 'rational' and 'irrational' systems of belief. Through the use of scholarship in the fields of anthropology, gender and historical studies, they present a vision of witch belief as central - rather than, as was once thought, peripheral - to intellectual and theological debate in early modern Europe.