TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nash,David
TI  - Witches and witchcraft
T2  - Shire Library
SN  - 9780747812913 (pbk)
AV  - BF1566 .N38 2014
U1  - 133.4/3 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Oxford, U.K., New York, NY
PB  - Shire Publications
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - Witch hunting
KW  - History
KW  - Witches
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Witchcraft and society's attitudes to it haunt the Western imagination to this day, from Central Europe to Britain to North America. This book explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it (stressing the difference between the two), the sixteenth and seventeenth century obsession that spawned witch-hunting, the eventual decline of witchcraft, and the phenomenon's fascinating 'afterlife' that has involved the Nazis' fixation and modern treatments including Arthur Miller's acclaimed 'The Crucible'. Fully illustrated with historical documents and colour photographs, and expert
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2014453781-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2014453781-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1608/2014453781-t.html
ER  -