James Sharpe

Instruments of Darkness

Witchcraft in Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

The first comprehensive scholarly history of witchcraft in England in over eighty years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 191mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9780812216332
• ISBN-10: 0812216334
• Artikelnr.: 21442546

Autorenporträt

James Sharpe is senior lecturer in history at the University of York. He is the author of Crime in Early Modern England 1550-1750 and Early Modern England: A Social History 1550--1750.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
Pt. 1. WITCHCRAFT IN ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY STUART ENGLAND
1. Witchcraft and Elite Mentalities
2. Witchcraft in Popular Culture
3. The Theological and Legal Bases for Witch-hunting
Pt. 2. FIVE THEMES
4. Patterns of Prosecution and Punishment
5. England's Mass Witch-hunt: East Anglia, 1645-7
6. Accusations, Counter-measures and the Local Community
7. Women and Witchcraft
8. Possession
Pt. 3. THE PROBLEM OF DECLINE
9. The Growth of Judicial Skepticism
10. A Changing Religious Context
11. Science and the Decline of Witchcraft
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index