New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology: Witchcraft, Healing and Popular Diseases v.5 (New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology, Volume 5)

ISBN 10: 0815336748 ISBN 13: 9780815336747

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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About the Author

Brian P. Levack is John Green Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. A former Guggenheim Fellow, his other writings on witchcraft include Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology (1992), The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (1995), and Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1999). Dr. Levack is also a specialist in the history of early modern England and Scotland, and has written several books on the subject.

Synopsis

Gathering together the vast literature on witchcraft related issues published in the last decade, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult. Using approaches from several disciplines, including anthropology and sociology, this source provides a sweeping overview of the occult.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0815336748
• ISBN 13: 9780815336747
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Levack Brian P.