ENEMIES OF GOD: THE WITCH-HUNT IN SCOTLAND
Book Details + Condition: Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD). First Edition, 1981. By Christina Larner. Hardcover with dust jacket. 244 pages, with illustrations. From the jacket: "Dr. Larner analyses the position of accusers and accused in the social structure, and in particular the position of women; the content and meaning of the prevailing system of belief; and the role of witch-hunting in social control". Contents include:
- The Idea of Witchcraft
- Explanations for the European Witch-hunt
- The Pattern of Witch-hunting
- Two Classic Cases
- The Belief System
- How to Defend a Witch
- The Process from Accusation to Execution
- Who Were the Witches?
- And much more.
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; interior is clean and free of markings. Dust jacket is likewise in very good condition, and shows only minor shelf wear.
