The Major Works of John Cotta: The Short Discovery 1612 and the Trial of Witchcraft 1616

Pettigrew, Todd H. J./ Pettigrew, Stephanie M./ Bailly, Jacques A.

ISBN 10: 9004367160 / ISBN 13: 9789004367166

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2018

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451 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Major Works of John Cotta: The Short Discovery 1612 and the Trial of Witchcraft 1616
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004367160
• ISBN 13: 9789004367166
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.76 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume presents, for the first time, a critical edition of the works of the early modern English physician John Cotta. No mere country doctor, Cotta spoke out eloquently and courageously against what he saw as abuses in medicine and injustices in the prosecution of witchcraft. Read by important thinkers such as Robert Burton in England, and by colonial administrators in New England, Cotta helped shape two of the most important debates of his time. Included are the full texts of Cotta’s Short Discovery and The Trial of Witchcraft, both books painstakingly edited and annotated. Also included is a detailed introduction dealing with Cotta’s medical and religious contexts, his extensive learning and much more.

About the Author

Todd H. J. Pettigrew, PhD (1998) University of Waterloo, is Associate Professor of English and Drama at Cape Breton University. He has pubished numerous articles on renaissance literature and culture and is the author of Shakespeare and the Practice of Physic (University of Delaware Press, 2007). Stephanie M. Pettigrew is a doctoral candidate in History at the University of New Brunswick. Jacques A. Bailly, PhD (1997) is Associate Professor of Classics at The University of Vermont. He is the author of The Socratic Theages: A Commentary (Olms Verlag, 2004).