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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America, Brian P. Levack, Oxford University Press, 2013, 0199578168, 9780199578160, 630 pages. The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regarding witch beliefs and witch trials in Europe and colonial America between the early fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries. During these years witches were thought to be evil people who used magical power to inflict physical harm or misfortune on their neighbours. Witches were also believed to have made pacts with the devil and sometimes to have worshipped him at nocturnal assemblies known as sabbaths. These beliefs provided the basis for defining witchcraft as a secular and ecclesiastical crime and prosecuting tens of thousands of women and men for this offence. The trials resulted in as many as fifty thousand executions. These essays study the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions in the various kingdoms and territories of Europe and in English, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies in the Americas. They also relate these prosecutions to the Catholic and Protestant reformations, the introduction of new forms of criminal procedure, medical and scientific thought, the process of state-building, profound social and economic change, early modern patterns of gender relations, and the wave of demonic possessions that occurred in Europe at the same time. The essays survey the current state of knowledge in the field, explore the academic controversies that have arisen regarding witch beliefs and witch trials, propose new ways of studying the subject, and identify areas for future research.. DOWNLOAD http://bit.ly/17DvAYZ Witchcraft in Early Modern England , J. A. Sharpe, 2001, History, 144 pages. Witchcraft in early modern England introduces readers to the current state of debate and to future directions for investigation. It covers such topics as witchcraft as an .... Witchcraft and belief in early modern Scotland , Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller, Jan 15, 2008, , 264 pages. This book is a collection of essays on Scottish witchcraft. Unlike most such works, it concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across .... Encyclopedia of witchcraft: the Western tradition, Volume 4 the Western tradition, Richard M. Golden, 2006, , 1238 pages. . Acts of Giving Individual, Community, and Church in Tenth-Century Christian Spain, Wendy Davies, Nov 1, 2007, Business & Economics, 244 pages. Acts of Giving examines issues surrounding donation-the giving of property, particularly landed property-in northern Spain during the tenth century. Exploring the place of .... Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, Volumes 1-2 , , 2006, Body, Mind & Spirit, . . Demonic Possession and Exorcism In Early Modern France, Sarah Ferber, 2004, History, 227 pages. This is a highly original study of demon possession and the ritual of exorcism, both of which were rife in early modern times, and which reached epidemic proportions in France .... The Witchcraft Reader , Darren Oldridge, 2002, History, 448 pages. Offering a selection of historical writing on witchcraft, this text explores how belief in witchcraft began and the social and cultural context in which this belief flourished .... The Witchcraft Sourcebook , Brian P. Levack, 2004, History, 348 pages. This collection of trial



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