Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisci

An up-to-date account of the present state of scholarship on early modern European witchcraft.

Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe brings together a rich selection of essays which represent the most important historical research on religion, mag

While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or 'magical' worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently explored. Witc

The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regard