Research Catalog

Title

The witch : a history of fear, from ancient times to present / Ronald Hutton.

Author

Hutton, Ronald

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.

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Details

Description

pages cm

Summary

"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.<BR /> <BR /> 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"--

Subjects

• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
• HISTORY / Europe / General
• Witchcraft > History
• Witch hunting > History
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
• Witches > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 17-8832

ISBN

• 9780300229042
• 0300229046

LCCN

2017001239

OCLC

2017001239

Author

Hutton, Ronald, author.

Title

The witch : a history of fear, from ancient times to present / Ronald Hutton.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8832