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Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe
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Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe Paperback - 2001

by Geoffrey Scarre; John Callow


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The figure of the witch still has the ability to exert a powerful fascination on the modern mind. The vision of the elderly crone begging for charity at the crossroads, an object of fear and revulsion for her local community, has combined with the memory of prolonged judicial persecution and oppression to inspire contemporary movements as far removed from each other as Wiccans and women's liberation. In tackling such an emotive issue, where misogyny and violence combine with superstition and the basest of human instincts, Scarre and Callow chart a clear and refreshingly level-headed approach to the subject. Distinguishing between fact and fiction, they set the witch trials firnly back within the context of their own times and, without seeking to exonerate those responsible, demonstrate how it was possible for judiciaries and social elites to believe wholeheartedly in the reality and efficacy of witchcraft as a valid system of belief and as a dangerous threat to the fabric of society in which they lived. This new edition has been comprehensively updated to take account of the vast expansion in interest and scholarly research that has taken place in the field since the publication of the first edition. This work provides a provocative thesis for those seeking to understand the basis for the politics of persecution and a firm interpretative basis around which further exploratory research may be conducted.

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The figure of the witch still has the ability to exert a powerful fascination on the modern mind. The vision of the elderly crone begging for charity at the crossroads, an object of fear and revulsion for her local community, has combined with the memory of prolonged judicial persecution and oppression to inspire contemporary movements as far removed from each other as Wiccans and women's liberation. In tackling such an emotive issue, where misogyny and violence combine with superstition and the basest of human instincts, Scarre and Callow chart a clear and refreshingly level-headed approach to the subject. Distinguishing between fact and fiction, they set the witch trials firnly back within the context of their own times and, without seeking to exonerate those responsible, demonstrate how it was possible for judiciaries and social elites to believe wholeheartedly in the reality and efficacy of witchcraft as a valid system of belief and as a dangerous threat to the fabric of society in which they lived. This new edition has been comprehensively updated to take account of the vast expansion in interest and scholarly research that has taken place in the field since the publication of the first edition. This work provides a provocative thesis for those seeking to understand the basis for the politics of persecution and a firm interpretative basis around which further exploratory research may be conducted.

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  • Title Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe
  • Author Geoffrey Scarre; John Callow
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 90
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Basingstoke
  • Date 2001-06-29
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780333920824 / 0333920821
  • Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.22 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.56 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133.43

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GEOFFREY SCARRE is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham. JOHN CALLOW is Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
GEOFFREY SCARRE is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Durham. JOHN CALLOW is Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

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