Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
About the Book Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic welcomes proposals for books that can be used in the teaching of the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic across all time periods and geographies, but with a particular focus on the early modern period.
These books allow students to discover new areas of research which have been placed into the secondary literature of the period and the historiography of the subject. These books provide a key learning resource for all students studying the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic.
Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Julian Goodare, Rita Voltmer, Liv Helene Willumsen
August 12, 2020
Demonology – the intellectual study of demons and their powers – contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. But how exactly did intellectual ideas relate to prosecutions? Recent scholarship has shown that some of the demonologists’ concerns remained at an abstract intellectual level, ...
The Science of Demons: Early Modern Authors Facing Witchcraft and the Devil
1st Edition
Edited
By Jan Machielsen
April 08, 2020
Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real? Did his powers have limits? Or were tales of the demonic all one grand illusion? Physicians, lawyers, and theologians at different times and places ...