This title features new translations of primary documents of a crucial period in the development of attitudes to witchcraft. In 1901, a rich collection of extracts from documents relating to witch bel
Scotland, in common with the rest of Europe, was troubled from time to time by outbreaks of witchcraft which the authorities sought to contain and then to suppress, and the outbreak of 1658-1662 is ge
For nearly two millennia the Popes have not only shaped the course of one of the world's great religions but have also played a part--sometimes a dominant one--in the history of Europe. Chronicle of
For over five hundred years witches, male and female, practiced magic for harm and good in their communities. Most witches worked locally, used by their neighbors to cure illness, create love, or grat
For a time period said to be completely overwhelmed by the Church, it is amazing how many people found the resources, spiritual as well as material, to study and practice the occult. Stuart (history,
The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. The only previous translation into English, that by Montague Summers produced in 1928, i
