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A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans

Jeffrey Burton Russell

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the European witch craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries developed out of a combination of ancient sorcery and medieval Christian heresy, paganism, folklore, scholastic theology, and inquisitorial trials. Whether the diabolical witchcraft for which men and women went to the stake ever existed is open to question. What matters more is that it was believed to exist by intellectuals and peasants alike.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Release: April 01, 1982

ISBN: 0500272425

ISBN 13: 9780500272428

A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans

Jeffrey Burton Russell

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Drawing comparisons between modern sorcery and that of the ancient world, the book shows how the European witch craze in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries developed out of a combination of ancient sorcery and medieval Christian heresy, paganism, folklore, scholastic theology, and inquisitorial trials. Whether the diabolical witchcraft for which men and women went to the stake ever existed is open to question. What matters more is that it was believed to exist by intellectuals and peasants alike.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Release: April 01, 1982

ISBN: 0500272425

ISBN 13: 9780500272428

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