Witches and Witchcraft

Informationen zum Autor David Nash is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Klappentext 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 sixteenth- and 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 Fully illustrated with historical documents and colour photographs, and expertly written by Professor David Nash, this book is the perfect introduction to a subject that is compelling, disturbing and a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.This introduction to witches in history and witch-hunting will interest social and religious historians. Zusammenfassung Explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it, the sixteenth- and 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: David Nash, Professor David Nash, Professor David (Oxford Brookes University Nash
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2014
• EAN: 9780747812913
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1291-3
• No. of pages: 56
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft (see also RELIGION / Wicca), History of Religion, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy, Witchcraft / Witches