Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden.
Clark, Stuart (Ed.) : University of Wales, Swansea
Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.
Review
"An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest."
--Library Journal
"Although intended mainly for scholars, there is much to interest the common reader."
--The New Yorker
"A modern scholarly survey of a wide variety of beliefs and practices from ancient times to the present."
--Theology Digest
University of Pennsylvania Press Web Site, June, 2003
Summary
Each volume in the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines the traditional approaches of political, legal,
and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies.
The series, complete in six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans
from ancient times to the present day.
Most European prosecutions for the crime of witchcraft occurred between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries,
with the peak coming in the hundred years after 1560. This volume brings together the large amount of recent scholarship
on witchcraft of this period and provides a novel analysis of the trials by considering the legal systems involved.
Witch hunts, methods of torture, and the scientific interest in magic spells and demonology as an intellectual
pursuit are also covered in detail.
Table of Contents
Witch Trials in Continental Europe, 1560-1660
--William Monter
The Great Persecutions in Northern Europe, 1450-1700
--Bengt Ankarloo
Witchcraft in Early Modern Culture
--Stuart Clark
