Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography; Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 248pp. Navy papered boards, lettered in white on upper board and spine, index. A volume from the 'Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic' series. From the publisher: "Offers a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.' Contents. Introduction by Owen Davies and Jonathan Barry; The Contemporary Historical Debate, 1400-1750 by Peter Maxwell-Stuart; Science, Medicine and Witchcraft by Peter Elmer; The Nineteenth Century: Medievalism and Witchcraft by Christa Tuczay; The Reality of Witch Cults Reasserted: Fertility and Satanism by Juliette Wood; The Witch-Craze as Holocaust: The Rise of Persecuting Societies by Raisa Maria Toivo; Culture Wars: State, Religion And Popular Culture in Europe, 1400-1800 by Marko Nenonen; The Return of the Sabbat: Mental Archaeologies, Conjectural Histories or Political Mythologies? by Willem de Blécourt; Crime and the Law by Brian P. Levack; Thinking witchcraft: language, literature and intellectual history by Marion Gibson; Gender, Mind and Body: Feminism and Psychoanalysis by Katharine Hodgkin; Continuity and Change: Social Science Perspectives on European Witchcraft by Richard Jenkins; Writing Witchcraft: the Historians' History, the Practioners' Past by Jo Pearson. "As new" thus a bright clean copy in Fine condition (no dust jacket issued). Item #67012
ISBN: 9781403911759
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