Montague Summers

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This work provides a landmark in early twentieth century publishing summarizing the most up-to-date findings in all branches of the social sciences at a formative time and during a period of decisive historical discovery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317832676
• Artikelnr.: 41220013

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Witch: Heretic and Anarchist
2: The Worship of the Witch
3: Demons and Familiars
4: The Sabbat
5: The Witch in Holy Writ
6: Diabolic Possession and Modern Spiritism
7: The Witch in Dramatic Literature