A thoroughly revised, greatly expanded edition of the most important documentary history of European witchcraft ever published.

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

How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? This much revised

Based on extensive archival research, this study of European witchcraft and sorcery takes into account major new developments in the historiography of witchcraf