2nd Edition
The Witch Hunts A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America
By Robert Thurston
Copyright 2007
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tens of thousands of people were persecuted and put to death as witches between 1400 and 1700 – the great age of witch hunts. Why did the witch hunts arise, flourish and decline during this period? What purpose did the persecutions serve? Who was accused, and what was the role of magic in the hunts? This important reassessment of witch panics and persecutions in Europeand colonial America both... Read more
Introduction 1. New fears in Europe: 700-1500 2. Toward the Witch Pyres: Images and Realities of European Women to 1500 3. The Spread of the Witch Trials 4. Victims and Processes 5. The Decline and End of the Hunts Conclusion
Biography
Robert Thurston
`Lively and readable. It is written in a style as personal and attractive as any I have encountered...It has just the right balance of magisterial detachment and personal insight.'
Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol
