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Heresy, Magic, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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September 1, 2005
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Heresy, Magic, and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe. By Gary K. Waite. European Culture and Society. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. vii + 284 pp. $90.00 cloth; $30.95 paper.
This book shows how the major religious changes of the early modern period influenced the discourse on magic and witchcraft and the prosecution of witches. Written mainly for a student audience, it also makes a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on witchcraft. The first chapter on the late Middle Ages presents the context within which the early witchcraft treatises were written and explores the link between the pursuit of Waldensian heretics and fifteenth-century witches. ...
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