EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS - 1st 1976 - WITCHCRAFT MAGICK PERSECUTION SOCIAL VIEWS

EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS: THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN POPULAR AND LEARNED CULTURE, 1300-1500Book Details + Condition: Routledge and Kegan Paul (London and Henley). First Edition, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. 174 pages with Index. The book focuses on the period between 1300 and 1500, when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. Author Richard Kieckhefer distinguishes between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. This distinction is followed by an analysis of the contents of folk tradition regarding witchcraft, the most basic feature of which is its emphasis on sorcery, including bodily harm, love magic, and weather magic, rather than the worship of Satan. Chapters include:- Chronological Survey- Distinction of Popular and Learned Traditions- The Content of Popular Tradition- The Imposition of Learned Notions- The Social Context of Witches- Conclusion and Calendar of Witch TrialsFrom the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - aca