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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America

Edited by Brian P. Levack

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Thirty-two essays from leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies offer a broad geographical and chronological coverage of the history of witchcraft in early modern Europe and Colonial America
Explores the historical literature and summarizes the current state of knowledge in the field
Offers new interpretations of the material and suggestions for future research
Takes into account the most recent scholarship in witchcraft studies

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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America

Edited by Brian P. Levack

Introduction, Brian P. Levack
Part I: Witch Beliefs
1. Magic and its Hazards in the Late Medieval West, Richard Kieckhefer
2. Fifteenth-Century Witch Beliefs, Hans Peter Broedel
3. Popular Witch Beliefs and Magical Practices, Edward Bever
4. Demonologies, Gerhild Scholz Williams
5. Sabbath Stories: Towards a New History of Witches' Assemblies, Willem de Blecourt
6. The Sceptical Tradition, Walter Stephens
7. Witchcraft in Early Modern Literature, Diane Purkiss
8. Images of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe, Charles Zika
Part II: Witchcraft Prosecutions
9. The First Wave of Trials for Diabolical Witchcraft, Richard Kieckhefer
10. The German Witch Trials, Thomas Robisheaux
11. Witchcraft and the Local Communities: The Rhine-Moselle Region, Robin Briggs
12. Witchcraft Trials in France, William Monter
13. Witchcraft and Wealth: The Case of the Netherlands, Hans de Waardt
14. Witchcraft Prosecutions in Italy, Tamar Herzig
15. Witchcraft in Iberia, William Monter
16. Witchcraft Trials in England, Malcolm Gaskill
17. Witchcraft in Scotland, Julian Goodare
18. Witchcraft in Poland: Milk and Malefice, Michael Ostling
19. Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Hungary, Ildiko Sz. Kristof
20. Witchcraft Trials in Russia: History and Historiography, Valerie Kivelson
21. Witchcraft Criminality and Witchcraft Research in the Nordic Countries, Rune Blix Hagen
22. Witchcraft in British America, Richard Godbeer
23. Merging Magical Traditions: Sorcery and Witchcraft in Spanish and Portuguese America, Iris Gareis
24. The Decline and End of Witchcraft Prosecutions, Brian P. Levack
Part III: Themes of Witchcraft Research
25. Witchcraft and Gender in Early Modern Europe, Alison Rowlands
26. Witchcraft and the Law, Brian P. Levack
27. Sixteenth-Century Religious Reform and the Witch-Hunts, Gary K. Waite
28. On the Neuropsychological Origins of Witchcraft Cognition: the Geographic and Economic Variable, Oscar Di Simplicio
29. Politics, Sate Building, and Witch-Hunting, Johannes Dillinger
30. Science and Witchcraft, Peter Elmer
31. Medicine and Witchcraft, Peter Elmer
32. Demonic Possession, Exorcism, and Witchcraft, Sarah Ferber

The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America

Edited by Brian P. Levack

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Author Information

Brian P. Levack, John E. Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin

Brian P. Levack has published widely on English and Scottish legal history and the history of witchcraft prosecutions. His books on witchcraft include The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (3rd ed., 2006) and Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion (2008). He is co-author of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (1999) and the editor of The Witchcraft Sourcebook (2004).

Contributors:

Edward Bever, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Willem de Blécourt, Huizinga Institute and the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam
Robin Briggs, Emeritus, All Souls College, Oxford
Hans Peter Broedel, University of North Dakota
Johannes Dillinger, Oxford Brookes University
Oscar Di Simplicio, University of Florence
Peter Elmer, University of Exeter
Sarah Ferber, University of Wollongong
Iris Gareis, Goethe-University, Frankfurt
Malcolm Gaskill, University of East Anglia
Richard Godbeer, University of Miami
Julian Goodare, University of Edinburgh
Rune Blix Hagen, University of Tromsø
Tamar Herzig, Tel Aviv University
Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University
Valerie Kivelson, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Ildikó Sz. Kristóf, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Brian P. Levack, University of Texas at Austin
William Monter, Northwestern University
Michael Ostling, University of Queensland
Diane Purkiss, Keble College, Oxford
Thomas Robisheaux, Duke University
Alison Rowlands, University of Essex
Walter Stephens, Johns Hopkins University
Hans de Waardt, VU University in Amsterdam
Gary K. Waite, University of New Brunswick
Gerhild Scholz Williams, Washington University in St. Louis
Charles Zika, University of Melbourne

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https://global.oup.com/academic/covers/pop-up/9780198723639

The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America

Edited by Brian P. Levack

Oxford Handbooks

Thirty-two essays from leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies offer a broad geographical and chronological coverage of the history of witchcraft in early modern Europe and Colonial America
Explores the historical literature and summarizes the current state of knowledge in the field
Offers new interpretations of the material and suggestions for future research
Takes into account the most recent scholarship in witchcraft studies

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Paperback

This item has an extended shipping time. The typical delivery time is 2 weeks.

Published: 06 January 2015

648 Pages

9.7 x 6.7 inches

ISBN: 9780198723639

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The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America

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