The Witchcraft Sourcebook (Hardcover)

~ Brian P. Levack (Editor) "Throughout the period of witch-hunting in the early modern period, demonologists and clerics cited texts from the Bible to endorse the actions they were taking..." (more)
Key Phrases: criminal witchcraft, excepted crime, confessing witches, Elizabeth Sawyer, Johann Weyer, Susannah Martin (more...)

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"The Witchcraft Sourcebook will benefit both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the study of Western religion and history. It will also serve as an excellent supplemental reader in most general survey courses in Western Civilization. The topic is one that often enthralls students, and it will help them to understand pivotal cultural phenomena that transcended political and religious boundaries." - History in Review

The Witchcraft Sourcebook will benefit both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the study of Western religion and history. It will also serve as an excellent supplemental reader in most general survey courses in Western Civilization. The topic is one that often enthralls students, and it will help them to understand pivotal cultural phenomena that transcended political and religious boundaries. - History in Review

The Witchcraft Sourcebook will benefit both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in the study of Western religion and history. It will also serve as an excellent supplemental reader in most general survey courses in Western Civilization. The topic is one that often enthralls students, and it will help them to understand pivotal cultural phenomena that transcended political and religious boundaries.
–History in Review, February 2004

Product Description

More than 100,000 people, mainly women, were prosecuted for the crime of witchcraft between 1450 and 1750. This new anthology looks at the connections between gender and witchcraft and how notions of witchcraft changed over time.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (December 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415195055
• ISBN-13: 978-0415195058
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,802,784 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great tool and reference book, March 29, 2005

By	dj_swinger (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Witchcraft Sourcebook (Paperback)

If you are considering Levack's Sourcebook, then chances are you already know something about witchcraft. This collection of documents ranges from classical antiquity to the twentieth century, although most documents fall in the early modern period and the great age of witch hunts. The documents are well chosen and edited. This is good stuff, and Levack hits the highlights such as the Canon Episcopi, Nider, Kramer, Weyer and Spee. If those names mean something to you, then I would highly recommend this book, as it is an excellent collection of relevant documents. If they don't, then you might want to start somewhere else that would put these things in more context (although he does have a small introduction to each document in the book).