John Callow is a Research Fellow in History at Lancaster University and Director of the Marx Memorial Library in London. He is the author of The Making of King James II , of King in Exile: James II as Warrior, King and Saint , and - with Geoffrey Scarre - of Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe.

• IntroductionThe Figure of the WitchOut of the ShadowsFrom Delusion to Demonic PactPatterns of Belief 1: The Hedge-witch, the Healer and the Cunning ManPatterns of Belief 2: The Alchemist, the Necromancer and the MageThe Witch HuntersWomen and WitchcraftThe Nightmare Given Form‘A Thing Grown Most Common’: Crisis and ConformityThe Decline of Belief?The Witch and the ChildrenThe Witch as MuseOld Magic in the New WorldConclusion: The Freedom to DreamBibliographyIndex

Its eccentric breadth and listless weirdness will appeal to any curious reader.

John Callow is a Research Fellow in History at Lancaster University and Director of the Marx Memorial Library in London. He is the author of The Making of King James II , of King in Exile: James II as Warrior, King and Saint , and - with Geoffrey Scarre - of Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe.

• IntroductionThe Figure of the WitchOut of the ShadowsFrom Delusion to Demonic PactPatterns of Belief 1: The Hedge-witch, the Healer and the Cunning ManPatterns of Belief 2: The Alchemist, the Necromancer and the MageThe Witch HuntersWomen and WitchcraftThe Nightmare Given Form‘A Thing Grown Most Common’: Crisis and ConformityThe Decline of Belief?The Witch and the ChildrenThe Witch as MuseOld Magic in the New WorldConclusion: The Freedom to DreamBibliographyIndex

Its eccentric breadth and listless weirdness will appeal to any curious reader.

John Callow is a Research Fellow in History at Lancaster University and Director of the Marx Memorial Library in London. He is the author of The Making of King James II , of King in Exile: James II as Warrior, King and Saint , and - with Geoffrey Scarre - of Witchcraft and Magic in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Europe.

• IntroductionThe Figure of the WitchOut of the ShadowsFrom Delusion to Demonic PactPatterns of Belief 1: The Hedge-witch, the Healer and the Cunning ManPatterns of Belief 2: The Alchemist, the Necromancer and the MageThe Witch HuntersWomen and WitchcraftThe Nightmare Given Form‘A Thing Grown Most Common’: Crisis and ConformityThe Decline of Belief?The Witch and the ChildrenThe Witch as MuseOld Magic in the New WorldConclusion: The Freedom to DreamBibliographyIndex

Its eccentric breadth and listless weirdness will appeal to any curious reader.