Document Type
Book Review
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
Summer 2008
Journal or Book Title
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
112
Last Page
115
DOI
10.1353/mrw.0.0091
Abstract
This book, a volume in Houghton Mifflin's Problems in European Civilization series, brings together selections from recent scholarship on early modern [End Page 112] European witchcraft in order to expose students to major debates in the field. The book is divided into four parts, representing broad areas of research: "Intellectual Foundations and Demonology"; "Political, Economic, and Social Causes"; "Accusations, Trials, and Panics"; and the ever-contentious subject of "Gender and Witchcraft." In each section, Merry Wiesner presents four selections drawn from recent monographs or scholarly articles (all originally published within the last twenty years). While no such collection could possibly cover all perspectives on this complex topic, Wiesner's selections do a good job of introducing several important areas of scholarly debate, and this slim reader would be a useful addition to any course on the history of early modern witchcraft.
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Copyright Owner
University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Michael D., "Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (review)" (2008). History Publications. 41.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/history_pubs/41
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Comments
This is a book review from Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 3 (2008): 112, doi:10.1353/mrw.0.0091. Posted with permission.