Instruments of Darkness
Subtitle: Witchcraft in Early Modern England
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: August 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780812216332
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Cultural studies; Satanism & demonology; Witchcraft; Witchcraft & Wicca; History - General History; Body, Mind & Spirit; History: World; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit-Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit-Witchcraft & Wicca; History / Great Britain; 17th century; 18th century; History; Social life and customs
First sentence: As has been argued when reviewing the origins and development of the 'European witch craze', belief in witchcraft was, for educated and uneducated people alike, only one aspect of a broader intellectual system that incorporated other elements which the modern observer would regard as 'irrational' or 'superstitious'.