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The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe de Brian P. Levack

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe

Autor Brian P. Levack
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 oct 2015
The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, is the perfect resource for both students and scholars of the witch-hunts written by one of the leading names in the field. For those starting out in their studies of witch-beliefs and witchcraft trials, Brian Levack provides a concise survey of this complex and fascinating topic, while for more seasoned scholars the scholarship is brought right up to date. This new edition includes the most recent research on children, gender, male witches and demonic possession as well as broadening the exploration of the geographical distribution of witch prosecutions to include recent work on regions, cities and kingdoms enabling students to identify comparisons between countries.
Now fully integrated with Brian Levack’s The Witchcraft Sourcebook, there are links to the sourcebook throughout the text, pointing students towards key primary sources to aid them in their studies. The two books are drawn together on a new companion website with supplementary materials for those wishing to advance their studies, including an extensive guide to further reading, a chronology of the history of witchcraft and an interactive map to show the geographical spread of witch-hunts and witch trials across Europe and North America.
A long-standing favourite with students and lecturers alike, this new edition of The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe will be essential reading for those embarking on or looking to advance their studies of the history of witchcraft
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138808102
ISBN-10: 1138808105
Pagini: 324
Ilustrații: 5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Halftones, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Ediția:4 ed
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Cuprins

List of illustrations, tables and map Preface to the fourth edition Preface to the third edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition 1. Introduction 2. The intellectual foundations 3. The legal foundations 4. The impact of the Reformation 5. The social context 6. The dynamics of witch-hunting 7. The chronology and geography of witch-hunting 8. The decline and end of witch-hunting 9. Witch-hunting after the trials Bibliography Index

Recenzii

Praise of this edition:
"As a single volume survey of the fascinating phenomena of witches, witchcraft and witch-hunting in early modern Europe, Levack’s careful elaboration is without antecedent or peer. Intelligent, engaging, up-to-date, and highly recommended."
Thomas A. Fudge, University of New England, Australia
"Witchcraft is one of the most, popular, fascinating, and difficult topics in early modern European history. Brian Levack’s The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe has long been unrivalled as an introduction to the field. The new edition incorporates new scholarship, but maintains the clarity of earlier editions. Moreover, it has a companion website with a wealth of accompanying materials that will facilitate both teaching and studying."
John Ødemark, University of Oslo, Norway
"For anyone approaching the history of witch trials in Europe, Brian Levack has written the indispensable book – a thorough, accessible and extremely intelligent guide to a complex and often misunderstood phenomenon. Extensive notes and bibliographies in the revised edition provide a road map to further reading and research at all academic levels."
Mary R. O'Neil, University of Washington, USA
"The fourth edition of this outstanding work ensures the continuing currency of what is by far the best single-volume introduction to the early modern European witch-hunt. For general readers and students alike, it offers a clear, crisp, strongly-informed thematic study of the rise and fall of the witch-hunt and a skilful assessment of the continuing debate about the causes, motors and nature of the early modern hunt. Levack provides a balanced and judicious guide not only to a fiendishly complex field of history but also to a generous selection of primary and contemporary source material."
Peter Gaunt, University of Chester, UK
Praise of previous editions:
'Fearlessly, Brian Levack tackles a vast, complex subject and reduces it to a concise and lucid synthesis with consummate skill, challenging old assumptions and casting light into the darkest corners... the essential starting point for the study of early modern witch-beliefs and witchcraft trials.'
Malcolm Gaskill, University of East Anglia, UK  
'Now, at last, with Brian Levack's careful scholarly and critical survey, a thoroughly reliable introduction to the whole literature is available.'
History Today
'Levack's logical sorting of a prodigious amount of material has resulted in one of the most informative and comprehensive works of its genre.'
American Historical Review

Descriere

The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, now in its fourth edition, introduces students to the phenomenon that saw thousands of people accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft between 1450 and 1750. 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. Brian Levack considers the many theories, as well as contributing to the scholarly debate.
This new edition is fully updated to include the latest research in the field, in particular providing expanded coverage on children, male witches, the relationship between shamanism and witchcraft and demonic possession. It also explores the geographical distribution of prosecutions, making comparisons between different countries and discusses the recent work on regions, cities and kingdoms.
The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe is now fully intergrated with Brian Levack‘s The Witchcraft Sourcebook 2ed, both within the text and on a new companion website which draws the two books together, creating an invaluable resource for students of witchcraft and witch trials in the early modern period.