Four Centuries of Witch Beliefs (RLE Witchcraft)

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-415-60419-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

Originally published in 1947, it is the essential purpose of this book to investigate attitudes of leading Elizabethan and Stuart statesmen, ask whether witchcraft was of any importance in seventeenth-century English history, or even influenced the Great Rebellion. The reader is placed in possession of the more pertinent passages from the arguments used to support or discredit belief in witchcraft.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, R. Trevor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Growth of Witch-mania in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages 2. The Introduction of Continental Witch-believers into England 3. The First Period of the Great Witch-scare (1588-1618) 4. James I’s Renunciation of his Belief in Witch-craft 5. The Attempts of James I and Charles I to Extinguish Witch-mania (1618-42) 6. Indignation Aroused by the Protection of Witches 7. Parliament and Witch-craft (1625-49) 8. The Second Period of the Great Witch-scare 9. Oliver Cromwell and Witch-craft 10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Davies, R.