Witchcraft mythologies and persecutions
By: edited by Éva Pócs and Gábor Klaniczay.
Contributors: Pócs, Éva.; Klaniczay, Gábor.
Series: Demons, spirits, witches -- vol. 3
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9789637326875
Subjects: Witchcraft
Description: 14 studies examine witchcraft from an anthropological perspective, including deciphering the variety of myths and the complexity of historical processes which lead to the formation of the witches' Sabbath, and the micro-historical analysis of the social, religious, legal and cultural milieu where witchcraft accusations and persecutions developed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.