Montague Summers

Broschiertes Buch

Witchcraft and Black Magic

Beschreibung

Historical overview of demonology and the occult defines witchcraft and examines ceremonial practices, the casting of spells and conjuring, celebration of the Black Mass, and much more. A masterfully written, highly readable work.

Autor

Augustus Montague Summers (1880-1948) was an English author and clergyman born in Bristol. Despite initially studying to work for the Church of England, Summers converted to Catholicism and worked as a teacher of English and Latin. He's well-known for his studies of the supernatural, and his most notable works are History of Witchcraft and Demonology, 1926, and his 1928 translation of the 15th century manual for witch hunters, the Malleus Maleficarum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 138mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780486411255
• ISBN-10: 0486411257
• Artikelnr.: 21963632