This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day. The text provides detailed information on actual hearings, torture, and death sentences for cases both famous and unknown. Primary sources--media, correspondence, adjudication--reveal the appalling injustices of government, church, and mobs toward the accused. Extensive appendices include a glossary, chronology of examples, and a list of legal proceedings, their locations, and outcomes.
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN: 9781476694412
Number of pages: 301
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 15 mm
Language: English
Witch Hunt
The Scottish witch-hunt in context
The Lancashire Witches
Witches and Witchcraft
The Resurrection of the Meadow
The Night Battles
1612: the Lancashire Witch Trials
Yorkshire Witches
Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland
Malleus Maleficarum
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