EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS: THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN POPULAR AND LEARNED CULTURE, 1300-1500
Book Details + Condition: Routledge and Kegan Paul (London and Henley). First Edition, 1976. Hardcover with dust jacket. 174 pages with Index. The book focuses on the period between 1300 and 1500, when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. Author Richard Kieckhefer distinguishes between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. This distinction is followed by an analysis of the contents of folk tradition regarding witchcraft, the most basic feature of which is its emphasis on sorcery, including bodily harm, love magic, and weather magic, rather than the worship of Satan. Chapters include:
- Chronological Survey
- Distinction of Popular and Learned Traditions
- The Content of Popular Tradition
- The Imposition of Learned Notions
- The Social Context of Witches
- Conclusion and Calendar of Witch Trials
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. In very good condition, with firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; 3 pp with inked underlining and marginal notations. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear only.
