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Taylor and Francis Witchcraft Reader 3Rd Edition 2020 Edition by Darren Oldridge
The Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. The witch trials of the late Middle Ages and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have inspired a huge and expanding scholarly literature, as well as an outpouring of popular representations. This fully revised and enlarged third edition brings together many of the best and most important works in the field. It explores the origins of witchcraft prosecutions in learned and popular culture, fears of an imaginary witch cult, the role of religious division and ideas about the Devil, the gendering of suspects, the making of confessions and the decline of witch beliefs. An expanded final section explores the various "revivals" and images of witchcraft that continue to flourish in contemporary Western culture.Equipped with an extensive introduction that foregrounds significant debates and themes in the study of witchcraft, providing the extracts with a critical context, The Witchcraft Reader is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject. General introduction PART ONEMedieval origins1 Richard KieckheferWITCH TRIALS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE (1976)2 Norman CohnTHE DEMONISATION OF MEDIEVAL HERETICS (1975)3 Michael D. BaileyWITCHCRAFT AND REFORM IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (2003)4 Hans Peter BroedelTHE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WITCHCRAFT (2003)5 Charles ZikaULRICH MOLITOR AND THE IMAGERY OF WITCHCRAFT (2007)PART TWOWitchcraft, magic and fear6 Robin BriggsTHE EXPERIENCE OF BEWITCHMENT (2002)7 Euan CameronSPIRITS IN POPULAR BELIEF (2010)8 Joyce MillerWITCHES AND CHARMERS IN SCOTLAND (2002)9 Edward BeverTHE MEDICAL EFFECTS OF WITCHCRAFT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (2000)10 Wolfgang BehringerWEATHER, HUNGER AND FEAR: ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WITCH- HUNTS IN CLIMATE, SOCIETY AND MENTALITY (1995)PART THREEThe idea of a witch cult11 Jacqueline SimpsonMARGARET MURRAY'S WITCH CULT (1994)12 H. C. Erik MidelfortHEARTLAND OF THE WITCHCRAZE (1981)13 Gustav HenningsenFROM DREAM CULT TO WITCHES' SABBATH (1993)14 E va P o csTHE ALTERNATIVE WORLD OF THE WITCHES' SABBAT (1993)15 Stuart ClarkINVERSION, MISRULE AND THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT (1980)PART FOURWitchcraft and the Reformation16 Stuart ClarkPROTESTANT WITCHCRAFT, CATHOLIC WITCHCRAFT (1997)17 Alison RowlandsA LUTHERAN RESPONSE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC (1996)18 Gary K. WaiteANABAPTISTS AND THE DEVIL (1999)PART FIVEWitchcraft and authority19 Gerhild Scholz WilliamsPIERRE DE LANCRE AND THE BASQUE WITCH- HUNT (1999)20 Brian P. LevackSTATE- BUILDING AND WITCH HUNTING IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (1996)21 William MonterWITCHCRAFT, CONFESSIONALISM AND AUTHORITY (2002)PART SIXWitchcraft, possession and the Devil22 H. C. Erik MidelfortTHE DEVIL AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE (1989)23 Charlotte- Rose MillarTHE DEVIL AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS IN ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT (2017)24 Kathleen SandsTHE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF DEMONIC POSSESSION (2004)25 Sarah FerberECSTASY, POSSESSION, WITCHCRAFT (2004)26 Elisa SlatteryJOHANN WEYER AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART SEVENWitchcraft and gender27 Karen Jones and Michael ZellWOMEN AND WITCHCRAFT BEFORE THE "GREAT WITCH- HUNT" (2005)28 Jane P. DavidsonTHE MYTH OF THE PERSECUTED FEMALE HEALER (1993)29 Elizabeth ReisDAMNED WOMEN IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND (1997)30 Clive HolmesWOMEN, WITNESSES AND WITCHES (1993)31 E. J. KentMASCULINITY AND MALE WITCHES IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND (2005)PART EIGHTReading confessions32 Virginia KrauseWITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND DEMONOLOGY (2005)33 Louise JacksonWITCHES, WIVES AND MOTHERS (1995)34 Lyndal RoperOEDIPUS AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART NINEThe decline of witchcraft 37535 Brian P. LevackTHE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS (1999)36 Marion GibsonTHE DECLINE OF THE WITCHCRAFT PAMPHLET (1999)37 Owen DaviesURBANIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT: AN EXAMINATION OF LONDON (1997)38 Marijke Gijswijt- HofsraWITCHCRAFT AFTER THE WITCH TRIALS (1999)PART TENWitchcraft today39 Diane PurkissMODERN WITCHES AND THEIR PAST (1996)40 Ethan Doyle WhiteWICCA AS WITCHCRAFT (2016)41 Jean La FontaineWITCHCRAFT AND SATANIC ABUSE (1998)42 Marion GibsonHARRY POTTER IN AMERICA (2007)43 Julian GoodareMODERN WESTERN IMAGES OF WITCHES (2016)Index