In the fifteenth century many authorities did not believe Inquisitors' stories of a supposed Satanic witch sect. However, the religious conflict of the sixteent

This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and w

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

An up-to-date account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft.

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first ever full book on the subject of male