A Razor for a Goat: Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism - Softcover

Rose, Elliot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802085245 ISBN 13: 9780802085245

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2003

Synopsis

First published in 1962, this study of witchcraft questions whether witchcraft was a form of pagan survival or a depraved Christian (or anti-Christian) heresy. Elliot Rose surveyed witch-scares, fairy folklore, "ritual" deaths, the "Canon Episcopi", and goliards for evidence for witchcraft, and to make some suggestions about the reality behind the popular beliefs on witchcraft societies and Sabbats. One of the first studies to debunk the theory that witchcraft had been an organized pre-Christian religion, the work is still listed on the bibliographies for many anthropology, religion and history courses. This reprint has a new ten-page foreword by Richard Kieckhefer that gives a historiographical examination of the importance of this text, and situates it within the discipline today.

About this title

About the Author

Elliot Rose is a professor in the Department of History, University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802085245
• ISBN 13: 9780802085245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272