The Witch-hunt in Early Modern Europe

by Levack; Brian

• ISBN13: 9780582419018
• ISBN10: 0582419018
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-04-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Why did the trials take place? Why did they suddenly expand in Europe at this time? How many trials were there, and where, and how did they end? Using recent findings, this revised edition examines early Europe's fascination with witches and witchcraft. Last edition has sold over 22,000 copies!Contains the latest material on this intriguing topicStrong endorsements and previous editions have been widely reviewed

Author Biography

Brian Levack is a Professor, Universityof Texasat Austin. He written and edited many books including; Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : The Eighteenth and Nineteenth

Centuries(1999),  The West: Encounters and Transformations (2004), The Jacobean Union: Co-edited with Bruce Galloway, (1985). He has also written many articles including Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology: A Twelve- Volume Anthology of Scholarly Articles (1992).

New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology: A Six-Volume

Anthology of Articles, (2001) and The Witchcraft Sourcebook, (2003).

Table of Contents

List of tables	vi
List of plates	vii
Preface to the third edition	ix
Preface to the second edition	xi
Preface to the first edition	xii
1. Introduction	1	(29)
2. The intellectual foundations	30	(44)
3. The legal foundations	74	(35)
4. The impact of the Reformation	109	(25)
5. The social context	134	(41)
6. The dynamics of witch-hunting	175	(29)
7. The chronology and geography of witch-hunting	204	(49)
8. The decline and end of witch-hunting	253	(36)
9. Witch-hunting after the trials	289	(20)
Bibliography	309	(24)
Index	333