Witch, wicce, mother goose : the rise and fall of the witch hunts in Europe and North America /
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| Author / Creator: | Thurston, Robert W. |
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| Imprint: | Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson, 2001. |
| Description: | xvi, 202 p. , [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4561275 |
Table of Contents:
- Back cover:;
- `Lively and readable.
- It is written in a style as personal and attractive as any I have encountered.
- It has just the right balance of magisterial detachment and personal insight
- Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol ;
- The European and American witch hunts, including the Salem Trials, are one of the most notorious episodes in our history
- So far, books on the hunts have offered quite narrow accounts of one period or religion
- Witch Wicce Mother Goose shows instead the long cultural background of the hunts and the role of the individual and personal decision in producing or preventing witch trials
