This volume is a collection based on the contributions to witchcraft studies of Willem de Blécourt, to whom it is dedicated, and who provides the opening chapt

This important collection brings together both established figures and new researchers to offer fresh perspectives on the ever-controversial subject of the hist

A compact survey of the European witch craze of the early modern period--a craze that later spilled over to America.

The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available, this compelling book traces the history of magic and superstition in Europe from antiquity to t

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