Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History (Middle Ages Series) Paperback – November 29, 2000

If you're someone interested in the growth of witchcraft during the medieval era, you must own this text. Comprised of 69 treatises of well-known individuals in the time span mentioned, this book basically covers the whole shebang and they're all original sources. A superb text for a student of medieval history, witchcraft specifically and its growth over 1300 years, and the crushing results of such beliefs. You can pick or choose who to read depending on your interests or gobble up the whole book and come away well-rounded regarding your knowledge of the rise of witchcraft in medieval Europe. A must-have book for those studying this period.

This is source documentation. It is as close to historic fact as it gets. Note the hatred of native Europeans tradition from 400 AD on. Hopefully others will realize that Europeans "lost the war" a long, long time ago and have been slaves since then. May the Goddess and God touch the hearts of all people and bring them back to harmony.

This book is a collection of source documents, arranged in roughly chronological order, relating to the development of the medieval views on witchcraft and the witch craze. It ends with later, more skeptical voices such as Reginald Scot.The book begins with excerpts from the works of St. Augustine, eventually works its way through the writings of Thomas Aquinas, the Malleus Malifacarum, witch trial testimony, and even dissenting opinions in verdicts. It shows clearly the development of the image of witch from misguided pagan through diabolical child-killer and the eventual triumph of skepticism in the wake of dangerously self-fulfilling witch hunts.

Kors and Peters do a great job at helping you understand the texts back then. Super informative and interesting.

I am working on a course where they asked about the history of magic, especially divination, from ancient times until the present, as well as the populace view of magic through the ages. I got this book because a friend thought it would help. Unfortunately, it did not, at least not as much as I would have liked. The introduction is really good in relation to how the study of magic has been in academia and the introduction of each chapter was fascinating with a historical overview of the era that the chapter's focus takes place. Other than that, however, the rest of the book was actual written documents from individuals from the time period talking about their views of magic and how they think it should be approached/dealt with. What I was looking for was a historical overview of events of European history and how the writers of these text influenced historical events. If you are looking for a source where you can quote these people and their views based on their writings, this is the book your are looking for. If you are looking for more of a historical overview, I would recommend looking elsewhere.

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Academic. Legible, engaging.

I expected documentary evidence of cases, in a narrative format. Instead the book is a compendium of scholarly thought, highly theoretical and concerned mostly with definitions. It's somewhat interesting but not very enlightening.