Defence of Witchcraft Belief
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'In sum, in his excellent introduction to this treatise and in his thoughtful and careful editing of it, Eric Pudney has made a marvellous contribution to the study of early modern English witchcraft. From this point on, further studies of Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft will undoubtedly be indebted to it.'
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Philip Almond, Folklore
''Eric Pudney deserves nothing but praise and gratitude for his excellent editorial work, demonstrating this manuscript’s complex interaction with Scot’s Discoverie and illuminating the origins of both texts. We are very much in his debt.'
Jan Machielsen, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'Eric Pudney’s edition of a hitherto virtually unnoticed anonymous response to Scot’s famous The discoverie of witchcraft (1584) [is] extraordinarily significant.'
Stuart Clark, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
This is the first published edition of a fascinating manuscript on witchcraft in the collection of the British Library, written by an unknown sixteenth-century scholar. Responding to a pre-publication draft of Reginald Scot's sceptical Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), the treatise represents the most detailed defence of witchcraft belief to be written in the early modern period in England. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Manchester University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 232
- ISBN
- 9781526147769
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
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'In sum, in his excellent introduction to this treatise and in his thoughtful and careful editing of it, Eric Pudney has made a marvellous contribution to the study of early modern English witchcraft. From this point on, further studies of Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft will undoubtedly be indebted to it.'
» .
Philip Almond, Folklore
''Eric Pudney deserves nothing but praise and gratitude for his excellent editorial work, demonstrating this manuscript’s complex interaction with Scot’s Discoverie and illuminating the origins of both texts. We are very much in his debt.'
Jan Machielsen, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
'Eric Pudney’s edition of a hitherto virtually unnoticed anonymous response to Scot’s famous The discoverie of witchcraft (1584) [is] extraordinarily significant.'
Stuart Clark, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft