TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hutton,Ronald
TI  - The witch: a history of fear, from ancient times to present 
SN  - 9780300229042 (hardback)
AV  - BF1566 .H88 2017
U1  - 133.4/309 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - History
KW  - Witch hunting
KW  - Witches
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake.<BR /> <BR /> This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated"--
ER  -