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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America Paperback - 2015

by Brian P. Levack (Editor)


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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.

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  • Title The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
  • Author Brian P. Levack (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 648
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, 2014. 644p. Paperback. Series: Oxford Handbooks. a worthwhile contribution to the literature which all concerned with early mode
  • Date 2015-01-06
  • ISBN 9780198723639 / 0198723636
  • Weight 2.51 lbs (1.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.4 in (24.38 x 17.02 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Renaissance Studies
    • Topical: New Age
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Witchcraft
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015300527
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133.430

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Brian P. Levack, John E. Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin Brian P. Levack has published widely on English and Scottish legal history and the history of witchcraft prosecutions. His books on witchcraft include The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (3rd ed., 2006) and Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion (2008). He is co-author of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1999) and the editor of The Witchcraft Sourcebook (2004).
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