EAN: 9780300238679

THE WITCH - RONALD HUTTON KARTONIERT (TB)

Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its
context  beliefs  and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence-and often a
painful death-in early modern Europe  yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and
historically deep. In this landmark book  Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient
world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the
widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of
witchcraft. Hutton  a renowned expert on ancient  medieval  and modern paganism and witchcraft
beliefs  combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on
witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world  including in Africa  the
Middle East  South Asia  Australia  and North and South America  and from ancient pagan times
to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on
cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism  folk religion  the range of witch
trials  and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated.

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