Michael Streeter

Witchcraft

A Secret History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Witchcraft: A Secret History is a beautifully illustrated and bewitching introduction to witchcraft's lesser-known history, spanning several centuries and comprising unbelievable facts and little-known legends.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9780711252240
• ISBN-10: 0711252246
• Artikelnr.: 57149449

Autorenporträt

Michael Streeter is a British writer and TV researcher with over 30 years‘ experience in national newspaper journalism. A former editor for the Scottish Daily Express, he has written and researched books and documentaries on subjects as diverse as the weather, medieval crime, and the occult.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
 
1 THE ANCIENT WORLD
The Dawn of Witchcraft
Powerful Goddesses, Powerful Witches
Origins of Witchcraft
Magic and the Birth of Christianity
European and Northern Witchcraft
The Wheel of the Year
 
2 THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
The Rise of Christianity
The Burning Time
Witches’ Tools
New World, Old Horrors
Salem: A Town Possessed
The Magic Circle and Pentagram
 
3 THE MODERN WORLD
The Survival of Witchcraft
The Birth of Wicca
Covens
Wicca Goes West
Witchcraft Now and in the Future
What Witches Believe
 
GLOSSARY
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS