Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present

Zusatztext

Provides a methodological and conceptual agenda for the study of cultures of witchcraft in Europe since the Middle Ages Applies themes and approaches pioneered by Willem de Blécourt to cases from the thirteenth century to modern day Offers contributions from a range of historians, anthropologists, literary scholars and folklorists

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Jonathan Barry is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Exeter, UK, and currently a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator for his project, 'The Medical World of Early Modern England, Ireland and Wales c.1500-1715'. Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Together with Jonathan Barry and Willem de Blécourt, he edits the Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic series. Cornelie Usborne is Professor Emerita of History at Roehampton University, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. She has shared her life with Willem de Blécourt, and thus with witchcraft studies, for many years.

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