Reginald Scot and his Discoverie of Witchcraft: Religion and Science in the Opposition to the European Witch Craze
Recent discussions of the major literary works of the witch craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have advanced significantly our understanding of this important episode in European history. Clearly, our efforts no longer are controlled by the anticlerical and even antireligious sentiment...
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Year: 1983, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 444-456 |
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