Overview

The aim of the text is to provide students with insight into the way in which people in the early modern period framed their ideas about the Creator and the created universe in terms of magic. This mental framework informed and moulded theology, philosophy, the law, medicine, and the sciences, as well as offering practical help with the problems of everyday life. The study of witchcraft, (which was simply a particular manifestation of this mental world) therefore helps to illustrate many of the key concepts which governed both defenders and, later, opponents of the magical Zeitgeist.

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'This book is highly recommended as a first introduction to this ever- growing field.' - Matthew Woodcock, Medieval Studies 'It is an excellent distillation of some of the main areas of the topic, showing an unusual grasp of some of the key source works and unusual linguistic skills.' - Professor James Sharpe, University of York ' This is a very good, exciting introduction to a complex topic - I will certainly be recommending it highly to my students. I hope your company continues to publish such interesting, stimulating studies for undergraduates.' - Bob Walinski-Kiehl, University of Portsmouth 'Its survey of shifts in thinking about witchcraft provides background information that students will appreciate...' - Carla Gardina Pestana, The Historian

'This book is highly recommended as a first introduction to this ever- growing field.' - Matthew Woodcock, Medieval Studies 'It is an excellent distillation of some of the main areas of the topic, showing an unusual grasp of some of the key source works and unusual linguistic skills.' - Professor James Sharpe, University of York ' This is a very good, exciting introduction to a complex topic - I will certainly be recommending it highly to my students. I hope your company continues to publish such interesting, stimulating studies for undergraduates.' - Bob Walinski-Kiehl, University of Portsmouth 'Its survey of shifts in thinking about witchcraft provides background information that students will appreciate...' - Carla Gardina Pestana, The Historian

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P. G. MAXWELL-STUART is Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Lecturer in History at the University of St Andrews.

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