Witchcraft in the Middle Ages
Description
All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies.Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that h...
ISBN(s)
0801406978, 9780801406973
