This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcr

'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditatio

Get whisked away into the history of some of the most controversial women in history: witches. “I love how this book takes a global perspective…It's really

Starting in the 15th century, a fear of witchcraft and alternative practices grew into a hysteria. Because witches were suspected to be devil worshippers, they

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