Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography

J. Barry, O. Davies

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English

Palgrave
10 May 2007

History; History: theory & methods; Other non-Christian religions; Witchcraft; Mysticism, magic & ritual

Series: Palgrave Advances

This is the first book to offer a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.

Edited by: J. Barry, O. Davies
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9781403911766
ISBN 10: 1403911762
Series: Palgrave Advances
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 10 May 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; J.Barry & O.Davies The Contemporary Historical Debate 1400-1800; P.G.Maxwell-Stuart Science, Medicine and Witchcraft; P.Elmer The Nineteenth-Century: Medievalism and Witchcraft 1800-1914; C.Tuczay The Reality of Witchcults Reasserted: Fertility and Satanism; J.Wood The Witch-Craze as Holocaust: The Rise of Persecuting Societies; R.M.Toivo Culture Wars: Religion and Acculturation; M.Nenonen The Return of the Supernatural; W.de Blecourt Crime and the Law; B.P.Levack Thinking Witchcraft: The Linguistic Turn and Intellectual History; M.Gibson Gender, Mind and Body: Feminism and Psychoanalysis; K.Hodgkin The Social Anthropology of Witchcraft: Rationality and Function of Beliefs; R.Jenkins Writing Witchcraft: The Historian's History, the Practioner's Past; J.Pearson-Overend

JONATHAN BARRY is Senior Lecturer in History and Head of School at the Department of History, University of Exeter, UK. OWEN DAVIES is Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. His previous publications include Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History (London, 2003).

Reviews for Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography

'Eleven distinguished scholars have contributed to this volume of essays, each surveying the key works that exemplify a particular way of approaching the multi-faceted problem of interpreting the history of witchcraft and witch trials...provides excellent signposts through a very tangled forest.' -Jacqueline Simpson, Folklore