Withcraft persecutions in Bavaria
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521482585
- ISBN10 0521482585
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 476
- Any Edició 1997
- Encuadernació Tela
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Antropologia. Temes GeneralsWithcraft persecutions in Bavaria
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
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 sceptics.'..essential reading for all serious students of the subject.' Bob Scribner in English Historical Review