Witchcraft in Early Modern England: Second Edition (Seminar Studies) - Softcover

Sharpe, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138831166 ISBN 13: 9781138831162

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.

Witchcraft was a crime punishable by death in England during this period and this book charts the witch panics and legal persecution of witches that followed, exploring topics such as elite attitudes to witchcraft in England, the role of pressures and tensions within the community in accusations of witchcraft, the way in which the legal system dealt with witchcraft cases, and the complex decline of belief in witchcraft. Revised and updated, this new edition explores the modern historiographical debate surrounding this subject and incorporates recent findings and interpretations of historians in the field, bringing it right up-to-date and in particular offering an extended treatment of the difficult issues surrounding gender and witchcraft.

Supported by a range of compelling primary documents, this book is essential reading for all students of the history of witchcraft.

About this title

About the Author:

James Sharpe is Professor Emeritus in early modern history at the University of York. He has published extensively on the social history of England between 1550 and 1750, specialising in the history of crime and in the history of witchcraft.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1138831166
• ISBN 13: 9781138831162
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 148