A History of Witchcraft in England From 1558 to 1718 - Tapa blanda

“Admirable and extremely interesting....An important and valuable contribution to our knowledge of this subject. The work treats of two closely related topics, a narrative of the witch trials with their attendant circumstances during this period and a discussion of contemporary opinion about witchcraft. It was first begun as an essay submitted at Yale University in partial requirement for the doctorate of philosophy, then it was awarded by the American Historical Association the Adams Prize in European history. As now published it has received the scholarly supervision of Professor George L. Burr of Cornell. This long and careful evolution should lend weight to the author’s conclusions and be considered as one of the many evidences of his painstaking scholarship.” -The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 11, 1912

CONTENTS. Preface CHAPTER I. The Beginnings of English Witchcraft CHAPTER II. Witchcraft under Elizabeth CHAPTER III. Reginald Scot 7 CHAPTER IV. The Exorcists CHAPTER V. James I and Witchcraft CHAPTER VI. Notable Jacobean Cases CHAPTER VII. The Lancashire Witches and Charles I CHAPTER VIII. Matthew Hopkins CHAPTER IX. Witchcraft during the Commonwealth and Protectorate CHAPTER X. The Literature of Witchcraft from 1603 to 1660 CHAPTER XI. Witchcraft under Charles II and James II CHAPTER XII. Glanvill and Webster and the Literary War over Witchcraft, 1660-1688 CHAPTER XIII. The Final Decline CHAPTER XIV. The Close of the Literary Controversy Appendices A. Pamphlet Literature B. List of Persons Sentenced to Death for Witchcraft during the Reign of James I C. List of Cases of Witchcraft, 1558-1717, with References to Sources and Literature