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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : The Twentieth Century
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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : The Twentieth Century Paperback - 1999

by Ankarloo, Bengt; and Stuart Clark (editors)

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The third volume features a major new history of the origins and development of English "Wicca" and an account of the circumstances in which the term "Satanist" has been used to label individuals or groups.

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Philadelphia:: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. As New condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "First published 1999" in the USA, is so stated on the copyright page. Contains an introduction and three major sections: 1) MODERN PAGAN WITCHCRAFT by Ronald Hutton (Univ. of Bristol); 2) SATANISM AND SATANIC MYTHOLOGY by Jean La Fontaine (London School of Economics); 3) THE WITCH, HER VICTIM, THE UNWITCHER AND THE RESEARCHER: THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT by Willem de Blécourt (Univ. of Warwick). Bibliography. Index. Publisher's pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "Each volume of this ambitious series contains the work of distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular era or region, and combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies... This volume includes a major new history of the origins and development of English 'Wicca' and an account of the circumstances in which the term 'Satanist' has been used to label individuals or groups." . First American Edition. Soft Cover. As New condition. 244pp..
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  • Title Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : The Twentieth Century
  • Author Ankarloo, Bengt; and Stuart Clark (editors)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First American Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia:
  • Date 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 002769
  • ISBN 9780812217070 / 0812217071
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6.2 x 0.8 in (23.32 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
  • Library of Congress subjects Witchcraft - Europe - History - 20th century, Magic - Europe - History - 20th century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99026081
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133.430

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, prosecutions and executions for the crime of witchcraft declined in number and eventually came to an end.

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  • Library Journal, 11/01/1999, Page 91

About the author

Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.

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