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a history of fear, from ancient times to the present

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An edition of The witch (2017)

The witch

a history of fear, from ancient times to the present

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"The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated"--

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Pages
360

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Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
2018, Yale University Press
in English
Cover of: The Witch
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
Sep 05, 2017, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks
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Cover of: Witch
Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
2017, Yale University Press
in English
Cover of: The Witch
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
Sep 05, 2017, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks
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Cover of: The witch
The witch: a history of fear, from ancient times to the present
2017, Yale University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Part I: Deep perspectives. The global context ; The ancient context ; The shamanic context
Part II: Continental perspectives. Ceremonial magic: the Egyptian legacy? ; The hosts of the night ; What the Middle Ages made of the witch ; The early modern patchwork
Part III: British perspectives. Witches and fairies ; Witches and Celticity ; Witches and animals.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
133.4/309
Library of Congress
BF1566 .H88 2017, BF1584.E9

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
360

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26939267M
Internet Archive
witchhistoryoffe0000hutt
ISBN 10
0300229046
ISBN 13
9780300229042
LCCN
2017001239
OCLC/WorldCat
984511945, 1010957304
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B0747R8YSX

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