![]() ![]() ![]() New illustrations vividly depict beliefs about witchcraft in early modern Europe. He substantially extends his consideration of the decline of the witch-hunt and goes further in his exploration of witch-hunting after the trials, especially in contemporary Africa. In this fully updated third edition of his exceptional study, Levack incorporates the vast amount of literature that has emerged since the last edition. His publications include The Witchcraft Sourcebook (2004), Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion (2008), The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West (2013). ![]() Illuminates the social, economic and political history of early modern Europe, and in particular the position of women within it. Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin.Emphasises the legal context of witchcraft prosecutions.Uses regional and local studies to give a more detailed analysis of the chronological and geographical distribution of witch-trials.Explores the beliefs of both educated and illiterate people regarding witchcraft.Examines why witchcraft prosecutions took place, how many trials and victims there were, and why witch-hunting eventually came to an end. ![]() Brian Levack sorts through the proliferation of theories to provide a coherent introduction to the subject, as well as contributing to the scholarly debate. The witch-hunt was not a single event it comprised thousands of individual prosecutions, each shaped by the religious and social dimensions of the particular area as well as political and legal factors. Between 14 thousands of people – most of them women – were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft. ![]()
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