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The major works of John Cotta : The short discovery (1612) and The trial of witchcraft (1616) / edited by Todd H.J. Pettigrew, Stephanie M. Pettigrew, Jacques A. Bailly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?, author.
- Series:
- Renaissance Society of America texts and studies series ; volume 12.
- The Renaissance Society of America texts and studies series, 2212-3091 ; volume 12
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?.
- Cotta, John.
- Physicians--England--History--17th century.
- Physicians.
- Quacks and quackery--Early works to 1800.
- Quacks and quackery.
- Witchcraft--Early works to 1800.
- Witchcraft.
- History, 17th Century.
- Physicians--history.
- Quackery--history.
- Witchcraft--history.
- History.
- England.
- Medical Subjects:
- History, 17th Century.
- Physicians--history.
- Quackery--history.
- Witchcraft--history.
- England.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 451 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This volume presents, for the first time, a critical edition of the works of the early modern English physician John Cotta. No mere country doctor, Cotta spoke out eloquently and courageously against what he saw as abuses in medicine and injustices in the prosecution of witchcraft. Read by important thinkers like Robert Burton in England, and by colonial administrators in New England, Cotta helped shape two of the most important debates of his time. Included are the full texts of Cotta's Short Discovery and Trial of Witchcraft, both books painstakingly edited and annotated. Also included is a detailed introduction dealing with Cotta's medical and religious contexts, his extensive learning and much more"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Container of: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?. Short discoverie of the unobserved dangers of severall sorts of ignorant and unconsiderate practisers of physicke in England.
- Container of: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?. Triall of witch-craft.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?, author. Major works of John Cotta
- ISBN:
- 9789004367166
- 9004367160
- OCLC:
- 1041889238
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