It was a time when highly educated men believed witches flew to "Sabbaths" on broomsticks and the' backs of goats, had sex with the devil, and cooked and ate in

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The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regard

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