Witchcraft Reader

Darren Oldridge 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 The Supernatural in Tudor and Stuart England (2016) and Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds (2nd edn, 2018).

• General introduction PART ONEMedieval origins1 Richard KieckheferWITCH TRIALS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE (1976)2 Norman CohnTHE DEMONISATION OF MEDIEVAL HERETICS (1975)3 Michael D. BaileyWITCHCRAFT AND REFORM IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (2003)4 Hans Peter BroedelTHE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WITCHCRAFT (2003)5 Charles ZikaULRICH MOLITOR AND THE IMAGERY OF WITCHCRAFT (2007)PART TWOWitchcraft, magic and fear6 Robin BriggsTHE EXPERIENCE OF BEWITCHMENT (2002)7 Euan CameronSPIRITS IN POPULAR BELIEF (2010)8 Joyce MillerWITCHES AND CHARMERS IN SCOTLAND (2002)9 Edward BeverTHE MEDICAL EFFECTS OF WITCHCRAFT IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (2000)10 Wolfgang BehringerWEATHER, HUNGER AND FEAR: ORIGINS OF THE EUROPEAN WITCH- HUNTS IN CLIMATE, SOCIETY AND MENTALITY (1995)PART THREEThe idea of a witch cult11 Jacqueline SimpsonMARGARET MURRAY’S WITCH CULT (1994)12 H. C. Erik MidelfortHEARTLAND OF THE WITCHCRAZE (1981)13 Gustav HenningsenFROM DREAM CULT TO WITCHES’ SABBATH (1993)14 É va P ó csTHE ALTERNATIVE WORLD OF THE WITCHES’ SABBAT (1993)15 Stuart ClarkINVERSION, MISRULE AND THE MEANING OF WITCHCRAFT (1980)PART FOURWitchcraft and the Reformation16 Stuart ClarkPROTESTANT WITCHCRAFT, CATHOLIC WITCHCRAFT (1997)17 Alison RowlandsA LUTHERAN RESPONSE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC (1996)18 Gary K. WaiteANABAPTISTS AND THE DEVIL (1999)PART FIVEWitchcraft and authority19 Gerhild Scholz WilliamsPIERRE DE LANCRE AND THE BASQUE WITCH- HUNT (1999)20 Brian P. LevackSTATE- BUILDING AND WITCH HUNTING IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE (1996)21 William MonterWITCHCRAFT, CONFESSIONALISM AND AUTHORITY (2002)PART SIXWitchcraft, possession and the Devil22 H. C. Erik MidelfortTHE DEVIL AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE (1989)23 Charlotte- Rose MillarTHE DEVIL AND FAMILIAR SPIRITS IN ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT (2017)24 Kathleen SandsTHE SOCIAL MEANINGS OF DEMONIC POSSESSION (2004)25 Sarah FerberECSTASY, POSSESSION, WITCHCRAFT (2004)26 Elisa SlatteryJOHANN WEYER AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART SEVENWitchcraft and gender27 Karen Jones and Michael ZellWOMEN AND WITCHCRAFT BEFORE THE “GREAT WITCH- HUNT” (2005)28 Jane P. DavidsonTHE MYTH OF THE PERSECUTED FEMALE HEALER (1993)29 Elizabeth ReisDAMNED WOMEN IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND (1997)30 Clive HolmesWOMEN, WITNESSES AND WITCHES (1993)31 E. J. KentMASCULINITY AND MALE WITCHES IN OLD AND NEW ENGLAND (2005)PART EIGHTReading confessions32 Virginia KrauseWITCHCRAFT CONFESSIONS AND DEMONOLOGY (2005)33 Louise JacksonWITCHES, WIVES AND MOTHERS (1995)34 Lyndal RoperOEDIPUS AND THE DEVIL (1994)PART NINEThe decline of witchcraft 37535 Brian P. LevackTHE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS (1999)36 Marion GibsonTHE DECLINE OF THE WITCHCRAFT PAMPHLET (1999)37 Owen DaviesURBANIZATION AND THE DECLINE OF WITCHCRAFT: AN EXAMINATION OF LONDON (1997)38 Marijke Gijswijt- HofsraWITCHCRAFT AFTER THE WITCH TRIALS (1999)PART TENWitchcraft today39 Diane PurkissMODERN WITCHES AND THEIR PAST (1996)40 Ethan Doyle WhiteWICCA AS WITCHCRAFT (2016)41 Jean La FontaineWITCHCRAFT AND SATANIC ABUSE (1998)42 Marion GibsonHARRY POTTER IN AMERICA (2007)43 Julian GoodareMODERN WESTERN IMAGES OF WITCHES (2016)Index

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