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Routledge history of witchcraft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillinger, Johannes.
- Series:
- Routledge handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witchcraft--History.
- Witchcraft.
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Johannes Dillinger is Professor of Early Modern History at Oxford Brookes University. He has published widely on witchcraft and magic, political crime, and constitutional history. His previous publications include Hexen und Magie (2018) and Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America (2012).
- Summary:
- The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates. This extensive collection covers the entire breadth of the history of witchcraft, from the witches of Ancient Greece and medieval demonology through to the victims of the witch hunts, and onwards to children's books, horror films, and modern pagans. Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of an international team of authors, the book examines differing concepts of witchcraft that still exist in society and explains their historical, literary, religious, and anthropological origin and development, including the reflections and adaptions of this belief in art and popular culture. The volume is divided into four chronological parts, beginning with Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Part One, Early Modern witch hunts in Part Two, modern concepts of witchcraft in Part Three, and ending with an examination of witchcraft and the arts in Part Four. Each chapter offers a glimpse of a different version of the witch, introducing the reader to the diversity of witches that have existed in different contexts throughout history. Exploring a wealth of texts and case studies and offering a broad geographical scope for examining this fascinating subject, The Routledge History of Witchcraft is essential reading for students and academics interested in the history of witchcraft.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000765564
- 1000765563
- 9781003010296
- 1003010296
- 9781000765748
- 1000765741
- 9781000765656
- 1000765652
- OCLC:
- 1130657660
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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