The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe Taylor & Francis, 2013 - 360 էջ Between 1450 and 1750 thousands of people â€" most of them women â€" were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft. The witch-hunt was not a single event; it comprised thousands of individual prosecutions, each shaped by the religious and social dimensions of the particular area as well as political and legal factors. Brian Levack sorts through the proliferation of theories to provide a coherent introduction to the subject, as well as contributing to the scholarly debate. The book:Examines why witchcraft prosecutions took place, how many trials and victims there were, and w. |
