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03665aam a2200469 i 4500 001 BEF7F89668B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190427010012 008 141205s2015 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014040253 020 $a 1138774979 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781138774971 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1138774960 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781138774964 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)898029175 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDXCP $d CDX $d EUW $d CHVBK $d REDDC $d OCLCO $d DHA $d OCLCQ $d GILDS $d PAU $d UKMGB $d UWO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BF1566 $b .W58 2014 082 00 $a 133.4/309 $2 23 245 04 $a The witchcraft sourcebook / $c edited by Brian P. Levack. 250 $a Second Edition. 264 1 $a London ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2015. 300 $a xviii, 390 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Witchcraft and magic in the ancient world -- The medieval foundations of witch-hunting -- Witch beliefs in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The trial and punishment of witches -- Witchcraft trials in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Witchcraft trials in England, Scotland, and New England -- Demonic possession and witchcraft -- The skeptical tradition. 520 $a The Witchcraft Sourcebook, now in its second edition, is a fascinating collection of documents that illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the eighteenth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400 and 1750, when more than 90,000 people - most of them women - were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and colonial America. During these years the prominent stereotype of the witch as an evil magician and servant of Satan emerged. Catholics and Protestants alike feared that the Devil and his human confederates were destroying Christian society. Including trial records, demonological treatises and sermons, literary texts, narratives of demonic possession, and artistic depiction of witches, the documents reveal how contemporaries from various periods have perceived alleged witches and their activities. Brian P. Levack shows how notions of witchcraft have changed over time and considers the connection between gender and witchcraft and the nature of the witch's perceived power. This second edition includes an extended section on the witch trials in England, Scotland and New England, fully revised and updated introductions to the sources to include the latest scholarship and a short bibliography at the end of each introduction to guide students in their further reading. The Sourcebook provides students of the history of witchcraft with a broad range of sources, many of which have been translated into English for the first time, with commentary and background by one of the leading scholars in the field. 650 0 $a Witchcraft $x History $v Sources. 650 0 $a Magic $x History $v Sources. 650 7 $a Magic. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01005468 650 7 $a Witchcraft. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176327 650 7 $a Hexenglaube $2 gnd 650 7 $a Magie $2 gnd 655 4 $a Sources. 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Sources $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 700 1 $a Levack, Brian P., $e editor. 776 08 $i ebook version: $z 9781317503569 856 42 $3 The Class of 1932 Fund Home Page $u http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366302 941 $a 1 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20190427010723.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEF7F89668B111E9997FFC0F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search