TY - BOOK ID - 21281460 TI - The witch : a history of fear, from ancient times to the present PY - 2017 SN - 9780300229042 0300229046 9780300238679 0300238673 PB - New Haven : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Witchcraft KW - Witch hunting KW - Witches KW - History. KW - History of civilization KW - History KW - Occultists KW - Warlocks KW - Wiccans KW - Burning witches KW - Hunting witches KW - Witch burning KW - Witchburning KW - Witchhunting KW - Persecution KW - Persecutions KW - Violence against KW - 398.4 KW - 133 KW - 133 Occulte wetenschappen. Geheime leer. Occultisme KW - Occulte wetenschappen. Geheime leer. Occultisme KW - 398.4 Bovennatuurlijke verschijnselen. Geesten spoken. Bovenzinnelijke wereld. Bijgeloof KW - Bovennatuurlijke verschijnselen. Geesten spoken. Bovenzinnelijke wereld. Bijgeloof KW - 133 The paranormal. The occult. Psi phenomena KW - The paranormal. The occult. Psi phenomena UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:21281460 AB - "The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake.
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated"-- ER -