European Witch Trials (RLE Witchcraft): Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500

by Richard Kieckhefer

Book Overview

In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is concerned with distinguishing between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. The author has developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138969133
• ISBN13: 9781138969131
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"