Witchcraft and Hysteria in Elizabethan London: Edward Jorden and the Mary Glover Case (Tavistock Classic Reprints in the History of Psychiatry) by MacDonald, Michael [Editor]

Routledge. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Routledge, 1990-12-21. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. London, 1991; personal copy of editor Michael MacDonald; cover does not match image shown; red cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; illustrated dust jacket with white cover titles and spine titles; mild soiling to jacket; a few small tears at top jacket edge; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Michael MacDonald's stamp on flyleaf; foxing at page edges. 150 pages.

London: Tavistock Routledge, 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket, paginated sections lxiv + 25 + 71 + iv + 150 pages (plus a few pages unpaginated); elegant book in crimson cloth covers with very bright and clear gilt lettering on spine, very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, very tiny pale faded speckle spots to top and fore edges, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ gently bumped and rubbed at spine and hinge tops, but no chips or tears, predominantly red front bright, clean and colourful. PLEASE NOTE: the Stock Image provided by next to my listing is not an image of my hardcover copy but rather a later paperback reprint.. See also our listings for Justine Glass' Witchcraft: The Sixth Sense, and for Malleus Maleficarum ("'For any understanding of the history and nature of witchcraft and Satanism, Malleus Maleficarum is the most important source. The original source.").… Read More

Hardback. New. Analyzing the politics of credulity and scepticism in early modern England and Edward Jorden's involvement, this book details the Mary Glover case on which so many of Jorden's observations about hysteria were based. MacDonald contends that the case was a turning point in the decline of witchcraft.

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Routledge, 1990. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 372 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.