Witchcraft and folk magic

Witchcraft, witch-hunting, and politics in early modern England

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21st century
Language: English

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A wide-ranging overview of the place of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the broader culture of early modern England. Based on a mass of new evidence extracted from a range of archives, both local and national, it seeks to relate the rise and decline of belief in witchcraft, alongside the legal prosecution of witches, to the wider political culture of the period. Building on the seminal work of scholars such as Stuart Clark, Ian Bostridge, and Jonathan Barry, it demonstrates how learned discussion of witchcraft, as well as the trials of those suspected of the crime, were shaped by religious and political imperatives in that period.

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Witchcraft and folk magic
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record x, 369 pages ; 24 cm	2016	Oxford University Press	English	9780198717720 0198717725	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)