Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Witchcraft in Old and New England

Had this lovely book from 1929 come in this morning. I'm so excited to read through it!The accessible materials for a history of Elizabethan witchcraft are scattered and fragmentary. Much is lost. We cannot hope to understand the prosecutions of the last sixty years of the 17th century, whether in Old England or New, until we arrive at a substantially accurate comprehension of what was thought and done at the close of the great queen's reign. Contents; typical case; English witchcraft before 1558; image magic and the like; love and hate; madness, curses and the elfshot; Venefica; charms ghoulish and profane; wind and weather; witch in the dairy; metamorphosis; mirrors and thieves; treasure trove; haunted houses and haunted men; the seer; cold water; company and the witches; Sabbath; King James I; witchcraft and the Puritans.



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