Witchcraft and its transformations, c.1650-c.1750 / Ian Bostridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bostridge, Ian.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--England--History--17th century.

Witchcraft.

Witchcraft--England--History--18th century.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his lively account, Bostridge explores contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and shows how it remained a serious concern across the spectrum of political opinion. He concludes that its gradual descent into polite ridicule had as much to do with political developments as with the birth of reason.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0198206534

OCLC:

36747095