English Witchcraft, 1560-1736, vol 6 by James Sharpe, Richard... - 9781138753280

Taylor & Francis

This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena. > This chronological collection charts the change in attitudes to witchcraft during the period 1560-1736, which culminates in the educated debate on the reality of witchcraft and the gradual decline in belief in witches and associated phenomena. > Introduction, Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources, Francis Hutchinson, An Historical Essqy concerning Witchcraft. With Observations upon Matters of Fact: tending to clear the texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar Errors about that Point (London, 1718), Richard Boulton, The Possibzliry and Realiry ofMagick, Sorcery, and Witchcrqft, demonstrated Or, a Vindication of a Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery and Witchcraft, in Answer to Dr. Hutchinson j- Historical Essqy (Londonx