Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789
- ISBN-10
- 0230292267
- ISBN-13
- 9780230292260
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-15
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Author
- Jonathan Barry
Description
Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated.
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