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.

Comments

This is a book review from Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft 3 (2008): 112, doi:10.1353/mrw.0.0091. Posted with permission.

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Language

en

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