The end of the eighteenth century saw the end of the witch trials everywhere. This volume charts the processes and reasons for the decriminalisation of witchcra

Topics include the decline of the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.

A compact survey of the European witch craze of the early modern period--a craze that later spilled over to America.

Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading schola

In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and political