European Witch Trials (RLE Witchcraft) Vol. 5Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500 |
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| Author:
| Kieckhefer, Richard |
| Series title: | Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-61925-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is c
In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is c