Living Next to the Witch: The Socio-Cultural Context of European Witchcraft

Author: (English) Bruges, translated by Lei Peng, Gao Yonghong
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Publishing Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book offers a highly original and unconventional analysis of witchcraft. Instead of focusing solely on the mechanisms of witch hunts, the author presents a comprehensive picture of early modern European life. Through the study of a large number of records of witch persecution, the author reveals the significant role of the witch hunt movement in people's lives at the time. Witch persecution was a form of "treatment," a way for people living in turmoil and poverty to release their anxieties. Since its publication, the book has become a benchmark work in this field.