The Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Author:   Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra ,  etc.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   Vol 5
ISBN:  

9780485890051


Pages:   354
Publication Date:   01 September 1998
Format:   Hardback
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The Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


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The end of the eighteenth century saw the end of the witch trials everywhere. This volume charts the processes and reasons for the decriminalisation of witchcraft but also challenges the widespread assumption that Europe has been 'disenchanted'. For the first time surveys are given of the social role of witchcraft in European communities down to the end of the nineteenth century and of the continued importance of witchcraft and magic as topics of debate among intellectuals and other writers

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Author:   Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra ,  etc.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Volume:   Vol 5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.672kg
ISBN:  

9780485890051


ISBN 10:   0485890054
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   01 September 1998
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1 The decline and end of witchcraft prosecutions, Brian P. Levack. Part 2 Witchcraft after the witch trials, Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra. Part 3 Witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic and liberal thought, Roy Porter.

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Roy Porter was a famous jazz drummer and bandleader in the 1940s-60s.

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