Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages
- ISBN-10
- 0812217861
- ISBN-13
- 9780812217865
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-03-12
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Authors
- Catharina Raudvere, Edward Peters, Karen Louise Jolly
Description
Covers the rise of "white magic" & Christian persecution of sorcery.
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- 2002-03-01
- 296 pages
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- Bloomsbury Publishing
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