Witchcraft. Lycanthropy. Drugs and Disease (American University Studies Series XI, Anthropology and Sociology)
by H. Sidky
Category: History

More gruesome than any horror novel, this study proves that truth is indeed stranger--and more brutal--than fiction. Over 100,000 people were tortured, maimed and burned alive in the witch hunts of the early modern period. Sidky (Miami University, Ohio) discusses the how and why of these events, covering accusations of cannibalism, the fear that accompanied the plague, the methods and motives of torture, demonic possession, hallucinogenic drugs, werewolves, and the use of the witchhunt and terror as a form of social control. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR