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The Witch: A History Of Fear, From Ancient Times To The Present
by Ronald Hutton /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft?
This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in
Europe’s history
Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft?
This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in
Europe’s history
The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early
modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically
diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald
Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the
early-modern stake.
The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early
modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically
diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald
Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the
early-modern stake.
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest
and deepest possible perspective and traces the major
historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned
expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft
beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly
approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment
of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the
Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America,
and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His
fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on
cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk
religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of
witchcraft might be eradicated.
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest
and deepest possible perspective and traces the major
historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned
expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft
beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly
approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment
of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the
Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America,
and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His
fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on
cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk
religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of
witchcraft might be eradicated.