Witches and Neighbours

The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

AvRobin Briggs

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Witches and Neighbours is a highly original and unconventional analysis of a fascinating historical phenomenon. Unlike other studies of the subject which focus on the mechanisms of persecution, this book presents a rich picture of witchcraft as an all-pervasive aspect of life in early modern Europe.This book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines. A fascinating and accessible account of the central role of witchcraft in early modern Europe. A standard work on the subject of witchcraft now available in a revised edition with an updated bibliography. Presents an unconventional interpretation of the role and influence of witchcraft Argues that witchcraft was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part. Draws on a range of original sources to vividly illustrate the arguments.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-02-25
Mått160 x 236 x 38 mm
Vikt717 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
Upplaga2
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9780631233251

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Robin Briggs is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford where he has worked since his election as Prize Fellow in 1964. He was educated at Felsted School and Balliol College, Oxford and he is the author of The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century (1970), Early Modern France (2nd Edition 1998), and Communities of Belief: Cultural and Social Tensions in Early Modern France (1989).

Maps ixPreface to the Second Edition xivPreface to the First Edition xvIntroduction 11 Myths of the Perfect Witch 122 The Experience of Bewitchment 513 Supernatural Power and Magical Remedies 824 The Projection of Evil 1155 Witch-Finders and Witch Cures 1466 Love and Hatred: Spouses and Kin 1917 Men against Women: The Gendering of Witchcraft 2248 The Age of Iron 2509 The Web of Power 27610 Internal and External Worlds 321Conclusion 343Notes 357Further Reading 377Additional Bibliography 386Index 390

"In this learned and meticulously researched book, Robin Briggs lays to rest many of the modern myths about the witch craze, without in any way diminishing its horror... Briggs skilfully shows how the myths of witchcraft were linked with fundamental human experiences of pain and anxiety... Lucid and important." Karen Armstrong, The Times "Briggs provides a fascinating psychological insight into the ideological system that produced the trials. To understand them within their own historical context, he argues, is to realize that a belief in the witches' power was neither irrational nor absurd... the evidence from this compelling book suggests that human actions are far more determined by irrational fears than our social selves are willing to accept." Julia Wheelwright, New Statesman "I salute [Briggs's] rigorous and thoughtful scholarship." James Morrow, The Guardian