Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England

2. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-19611-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

This is a classic regional and comparative study of early modern witchcraft. The history of witchcraft continues to attract attention with its emotive and contentious debates. The methodology and conclusions of this book have impacted not only on witchcraft studies but the entire approach to social and cultural history with its quantitative and anthropological approach. The book provides an important case study on Essex as well as drawing comparisons with other regions of early modern England.
The second edition of this classic work adds a new historiographical introduction, placing the book in context today.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macfarlane, Alan

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, Introduction by James Sharpe, Preface by E.E.Evans-Pritchard, Abbreviations and conventions, SOURCES AND STATISTICS, COUNTERING WITCHCRAFT, WITCHCRAFT AND THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND, A COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK: ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES, APPENDICES

Über Autor(innen)

Alan MacFarlane