Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700 by Alan Charles Kors

Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700 by Alan Charles Kors

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"Comprehensive, original, scholarly, philosophically searching and meticulously prepared. Each of the book's seven major sections is prefaced by vivid historical background... Copiously illustrated."-Publisher's Weekly

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Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700 by Alan Charles Kors

In bringing together a rich collection of contemporary accounts of the period, this volume chronicles the rise and fall of the cult of witchcraft that swept through Europe between the 11th and 18th centuries.
"Comprehensive, original, scholarly, philosophically searching and meticulously prepared.. [This book] reveals the shocking impact of the belief in witches in Europe's Middle Ages, and examines the struggles of thinkers from Aquinas to Luther, Calvin, Voltaire and Hobbes to confront the phenomenon on rational terms... A major work."-Publishers Weekly "An indispensable source book."-Choice
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ISBN 13 9780812210637
ISBN 10 0812210638
Title Witchcraft in Europe, 1100-1700
Author Alan Charles Kors
Series The Middle Ages Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Year published 1973-09-01
Number of pages 400
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