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European Witch-Hunt by Julian Goodare (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415254531
ISBN-13
9780415254533
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62273163

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
430 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
European Witch-Hunt
Publication Year
2016
Subject
General, Customs & Traditions, Europe / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Julian Goodare
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2015-050307
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"This is a wonderful work, with real pace, clarity and sparkle which combines excellent scholarship with a full recognition of the emotive quality of the material. It will exactly suit the intelligent, enquiring and thoughtful among students and general readers, and be of real interest and value to scholars." Ronald E. Hutton, University of Bristol, UK, "This is a wonderful work, with real pace, clarity and sparkle which combines excellent scholarship with a full recognition of the emotive quality of the material. It will exactly suit the intelligent, enquiring and thoughtful among students and general readers, and be of real interest and value to scholars." Ronald E. Hutton, University of Bristol, UK "This book excellently presents the different layers of meaning of witchcraft and witch trials all over Europe. Julian Goodare combines a sublime understanding of the topic with a personal interpretation in writing about one of the greatest enigmas in history: What was a witch and why were witches persecuted by their neighbors as well as by the state? The book provides a most fruitful resource for students and scholars in presenting new research and new perspectives on the history of witchcraft." Rita Voltmer, University of Trier, Germany "Julian Goodare's The European Witch-Hunt is a valuable addition to the study of early modern witchcraft and witch-hunting. Goodare devotes extra attention to explaining the mentalities, both illiterate and erudite, that converged to create the stereotype of the witch. His explanations of recurrent themes in ideas about witchcraft will be particularly helpful to students and prepares them for a better understanding of primary texts and more specialized secondary studies." Walter Stephens, John Hopkins University, USA
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Yes
Table Of Content
Introduction: THE WITCH-HUNT AND YOU Chapter 1: WITCHCRAFT! Chapter 2: TOWARDS WITCH-HUNTING Chapter 3: WITCHCRAFT AND THE INTELLECTUALS Chapter 4: WITCHES IN THE COMMUNITY Chapter 5: WITCHCRAFT AND FOLK BELIEF Chapter 6: WITCHES AND THE GODLY STATE Chapter 7: WITCHES IN COURT Chapter 8: THE DYNAMICS OF WITCH-HUNTING Chapter 9: WOMEN, MEN AND WITCHCRAFT Chapter 10: THE END OF WITCH-HUNTING Chapter 11: PERSPECTIVES ON THE WITCH-HUNT FURTHER READING APPENDIX: INTENSITY OF WITCH-HUNTING IN EUROPE INDEX
Synopsis
The European Witch-Hunt seeks to explain why thousands of people, mostly lower-class women, were deliberately tortured and killed in the name of religion and morality during three centuries of intermittent witch-hunting throughout Europe and North America. Combining perspectives from history, sociology, psychology and other disciplines, this book provides a comprehensive account of witch-hunting in early modern Europe. Julian Goodare sets out an original interpretation of witch-hunting as an episode of ideologically-driven persecution by the 'godly state' in the era of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Full weight is also given to the context of village social relationships, and there is a detailed analysis of gender issues. Witch-hunting was a legal operation, and the courts' rationale for interrogation under torture is explained. Panicking local elites, rather than central governments, were at the forefront of witch-hunting. Further chapters explore folk beliefs about legendary witches, and intellectuals' beliefs about a secret conspiracy of witches in league with the Devil. Witch-hunting eventually declined when the ideological pressure to combat the Devil's allies slackened. A final chapter sets witch-hunting in the context of other episodes of modern persecution. This book is the ideal resource for students exploring the history of witch-hunting. Its level of detail and use of social theory also make it important for scholars and researchers.
LC Classification Number
BF1584.E9G66 2016