The Witch Hunts
Subtitle: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America (2nd Edition)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Longman
Published: February 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781405840835
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Social history; Trials (Witchcraft); History - General History; History; History: World; Europe; United States; General; Magick Studies; History / General; Witchcraft
Description: "In this revised edition, first published under the title of Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose, Robert Thurston explores the events of the witch hunts and the social and psychological factors which caused them. Increasingly negative images of women, revised judicial procedures and religious conflicts had their part to play in these strange times, as did ideas from sources as diverse as the Bible and folk beliefs. The Witch Hunts takes a long historical view of the witch persecutions, and puts into perspective the effects of fear and violence in even the most reasonable of societies."--Jacket.