Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 - c. 1750

Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 - c. 1750

by Ian Bostridge
Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 - c. 1750

Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 - c. 1750

by Ian Bostridge

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Overview

This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his lively account, Bostridge explores contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and shows how it remained a serious concern across the spectrum of political opinion. He concludes that its gradual descent into polite ridicule had as much to do with political developments as with the birth of reason.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198206538
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/24/1997
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile: 1510L (what's this?)

About the Author

Ian Bostridge is a young British tenor making his mark on the opera and concert stage. He sings full-time, but is also writing a book, provisionally entitled Being a Singer, to be published by Methuen in 1998.
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