Early Modern European Witchcraft

Early Modern European Witchcraft
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 504
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Book Synopsis Early Modern European Witchcraft by : Bengt Ankarloo

Download or read book Early Modern European Witchcraft written by Bengt Ankarloo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of witchcraft and sorcery has attracted a great deal of interest and debate, but until now studies have been largely from the Anglo-Saxon perspective. This book shows how that approach has blurred our understanding and definition of the issues involved, and, taking into account major new developments in the historiography of witchcraft, aims to end the Anglo-Saxon monopoly on witchcraft studies.


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