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A History of Witchcraft in England : From 1558 to 1718
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Notestein, Wallace.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic--England.
- Witchcraft--England--History.
- Witchcraft--England.
- Local Subjects:
- Magic--England.
- Witchcraft--England--History.
- Witchcraft--England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Many historical treatments of witchcraft tend to be somewhat sensationalistic and cartoonish. Not so with Wallace Notestein's measured, intellectual take on the subject in A History of Witchcraft in England, which offers not only a thorough historical narrative, but also puts the practice into social and political context.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I - The Beginnings of English Witchcraft; Chapter II - Witchcraft Under Elizabeth; Chapter III - Reginald Scot; Chapter IV - The Exorcists; Chapter V - James I and Witchcraft; Chapter VI - Notable Jacobean Cases; Chapter VII - The Lancashire Witches and Charles I; Chapter VIII - Matthew Hopkins; Chapter IX - Witchcraft During the Commonwealth and Protectorate; Chapter X - The Literature of Witchcraft from 1603 to 1660; Chapter XI - Witchcraft Under Charles II and James II; Chapter XII - Glanvill and Webster and the Literary War over Witchcraft, 1660-1688
- Chapter XIII - The Final DeclineChapter XIV - The Close of the Literary Controversy; Appendices; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781776536016
- 1776536010
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