Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: E-J
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Author | : Richard M. Golden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSC:32106018186038 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: E-J by : Richard M. Golden
Book excerpt: Over 170 contributors from 28 nations provide vivid, documented descriptions and analyses of witchcraft trials and locations, folklore and beliefs, magical practices and deities, influential texts, and the full range of players in this extraordinary drama, witchcraft theorists and theologians; historians and authors; judges, clergy, and rulers; the accused; and their persecutors. Concentrating on Europe and the Americas in the early modern era, the work also covers relevant topics from the ancient Near East (including the Hebrew and Christian Bibles), classical antiquity, and the European Middle Ages.