Witchcraft - A Secret History

Dorset, UK.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Additional text

"An impressively informative, profusely detailed, and exceptionally well organized and presented history that is especially and unreservedly recommended."

Product details

• Authors: Michael Streeter, Streeter Michael
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2020
• EAN: 9780711252240
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-5224-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 201 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 618 g
• Illustrations: 100 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / Social History, History: specific events and topics, Witchcraft and wicca, Witchcraft & Wicca