EUROPE'S INNER DEMONS: AN INQUIRY INSPIRED BY THE GREAT WITCH-HUNT
Book Details + Condition: Basic Books, Inc. (New York). First Edition, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. 263 pages with biographical notes and index. Illustrated. Norman Cohn's historical study of the beliefs towards witchcraft in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, with particular reference to the development of the witches' Sabbat and its influence on the witch trials in the Early Modern period. Chapters include:
- The Demonization of Medieval Heretics
- Changing View of the Devil and his Powers
- The Crushing of the Knights Templars
- The Non-Existent Society of Witches
- Maleficium Before 1300
- Magician into Witch
- The Night-Witch in Popular Imagination
- The Making of the Great Witch-Hunt
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board and info to ffep; approximately 70 pp with inked underlining and small marginal notations. Dust jacket shows normal aging and wear, and retains its original price.
