Emphasises the legal context of witchcraft prosecutions. Uses regional and local studies to give a more detailed analysis of the chronological and geographical distribution of witch-trials. Explores the beliefs of both educated and illiterate people regarding witchcraft. The book: Examines why witchcraft prosecutions took place, how many trials and victims there were, and why witch-hunting eventually came to an end. Brian Levack sorts through the proliferation of theories to provide a coherent introduction to the subject, as well as contributing to the scholarly debate. The witch-hunt was not a single event it comprised thousands of individual prosecutions, each shaped by the religious and social dimensions of the particular area as well as political and legal factors. Ä«etween 14 thousands of people, most of them women, were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft. Between 14 thousands of people, most of them women, were accused, prosecuted and executed for the crime of witchcraft.
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