Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403911754 ISBN 13: 9781403911759

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

This is the first book to offer a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.

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About the Author:

WILLEM DE BLÉCOURT Lecturer, University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK PETER ELMER Senior Lecturer in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, The Open University, UK MARION GIBSON Lecturer in English Literature, University of Exeter, UK KATHERINE HODGKIN Principal Lecturer in History, University of East London, UK RICHARD JENKINS Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield, UK BRIAN P. LEVACK John Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas, USA P. G. MAXWELL-STUART Honorary Lecturer in History University of St. Andrews, UK MARKO NENONEN Assistant Professor in History, University of Tampere, Finland JO PEARSON Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope University, UK RAISA MARIA TOIVO Lecturer in History, University of Tampere, Finland CHRISTA TUCZAY Lecturer in Medieval History and Literature, University of Vienna, Austria JULIETTE WOOD Associate Lecturer in the Department of Welsh, University of Cardiff, UK

Review:

'Eleven distinguished scholars have contributed to this volume of essays, each surveying the key works that exemplify a particular way of approaching the multi-faceted problem of interpreting the history of witchcraft and witch trials...provides excellent signposts through a very tangled forest.' -Jacqueline Simpson, Folklore

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1403911754
• ISBN 13: 9781403911759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Barry J., Davies O.