David Nash

Witches and Witchcraft (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Witchcraft haunts the Western imagination to this day, from Central Europe to Britain to North America. This book explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it (stressing the difference between the two), the sixteenthand seventeenth-century obsession that spawned witch-hunting, the eventual decline of witchcraft, and the phenomenon's fascinating 'afterlife' that has involved the Nazis' fixation and modern treatments including Arthur Miller's acclaimed The Crucible. Fully illustrated with historical documents and colour photographs, and expertly written by Professor David Nash, this book is the perfect introduction to a subject that is compelling, disturbing and a little-understood cultural touchstone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780747815341
• Artikelnr.: 41072919

Autorenporträt

David Nash is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Pre-history
Witchcraft and Witch-hunting Take Hold
The High Point and Heyday of Witches and Witch-hunting
The Declining Years of Witch-hunting
The Afterlife of Witch-hunting
Places to Visit
Further Reading
Index