The discoverie of witchcraft.
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Author
Publication
1973 - Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, N.J., New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
147,250 words, Guess
Page Count
589 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivediscoverieofwitc0000scot
- ISBN-100874710197
- ISBN-139780874710199
- Goodreads5798717
- LibraryThing92632
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- Library of Congress Control Number73001957
- Better World Books9780874710199
- Open LibraryOL5411196M
Classifications
- DDC133.4
- LCCBF1565 .S4 1973
- LCCBF1565
Description
A partially skeptical book published by the English gentleman Reginald Scot in 1584, intended as an exposé of medieval witchcraft. It contains a small section intended to show how the public was fooled by charlatans, which is considered the first published material on "magic" trickery. Scot believed that the prosecution of those accused of witchcraft was irrational and un-Christian, and he held the Roman Church responsible. He set himself to prove that the belief in witchcraft and magic was rejected by reason and by religion, and that spiritualistic manifestations were willful impostures, or illusions due to mental disturbance in the observers. His aim was to prevent the persecution of poor, aged, and simple persons, who were popularly credited with being witches.--Adapted from en.wikipedia.org
Subjects
Genres
- Early works to 1800
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