{"product_id":"the-witchcraft-reader-paperback","title":"The Witchcraft Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarren Oldridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Witchcraft Reader\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe witch trials of the late Middle Ages and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have inspired a huge and expanding scholarly literature, as well as an outpouring of popular representations. This fully revised and enlarged third edition brings together many of the best and most important works in the field. It explores the origins of witchcraft prosecutions in learned and popular culture, fears of an imaginary witch cult, the role of religious division and ideas about the Devil, the gendering of suspects, the making of confessions and the decline of witch beliefs. An expanded final section explores the various \"revivals\" and images of witchcraft that continue to flourish in contemporary Western culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEquipped with an extensive introduction that foregrounds significant debates and themes in the study of witchcraft, providing the extracts with a critical context, \u003cem\u003eThe Witchcraft Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this fascinating subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDarren Oldridge\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Worcester. He has written extensively on religion and belief in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eStrange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edn, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.6 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406985576626,"sku":"9781138565425","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c6b140f2eae7c615c373caa4a2c5c2c6.webp?v=1778209875","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-witchcraft-reader-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}