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This is the first book to offer a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
'Eleven distinguished scholars have contributed to this volume of essays, each surveying the key works that exemplify a particular way of approaching the multi-faceted problem of interpreting the history of witchcraft and witch trials...provides excellent signposts through a very tangled forest.' -Jacqueline Simpson, Folklore
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
WILLEM DE BLÉCOURT Lecturer, University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK
PETER ELMER Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, The Open University, UK
MARION GIBSON Lecturer in English Literature, University of Exeter, UK
KATHERINE HODGKIN Principal Lecturer in History, University of East London, UK
RICHARD JENKINS Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, UK
BRIAN P. LEVACK John Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas, USA
P. G. MAXWELL-STUART Honorary Lecturer in History University of St. Andrews, UK
MARKO NENONEN Assistant Professor in History, University of Tampere, Finland
JO PEARSON Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope University, UK
RAISA MARIA TOIVO Lecturer in History, University of Tampere, Finland
CHRISTA TUCZAY Lecturer in Medieval History and Literature, University of Vienna, Austria
JULIETTE WOOD Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, University of Cardiff, UK
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography
Editors: Jonathan Barry, Owen Davies
Series Title: Palgrave Advances
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593480
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1175-9Published: 10 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1176-6Published: 10 May 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59348-0Published: 09 May 2007
Series ISSN: 2947-664X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6658
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 248
Topics: Social History, Cultural History, History of Science, European History, World History, Global and Transnational History, History of Philosophy