Debates about witchcraft in England, 1650-1736

<p>This thesis shows the evolution of educated belief in witchcraft in England from 1650, at the end of the last decade of largescale prosecution, to 1735/6, when the Jacobean witchcraft legislation was repealed. It looks at this belief as a body of ideas more or less susceptible to serious u...

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Autori principali: Bostridge, I, Bostridge, Ian
Natura: Tesi
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 1991
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