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Author Weyer, Johann, 1515-1588.

Uniform Title De praestigiis daemonum. English
Title On witchcraft : an abridged translation of Johann Weyer's De praestigiis daemonum / edited by Benjamin G. Kohl & H.C. Erik Midelfort ; translation by John Shea.

Imprint Asheville, N.C. : Pegasus Press, 1998.

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 Axe Special Collections Baron  133.43 W544o 1998    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xlvi, 330 pages ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "A Pegasus Press scholar's paperback."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xli-xlvi) and index.
Contents Book One: The Devil, his origin, aims, and power -- Book Two: Of magicians of ill repute -- Book Three: Of Lamiae -- Book Four: Of those who are thought to be afflicted by the witchcraft of Lamiae -- Book Five: Treatment of persons who are believed to be afflicted by the witchcraft of Lamiae or possessed by a demon -- Book Six: Of the punishment of notorious magicians, witches, and poisoners.
Subject Witchcraft -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Demonology -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Magic -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Mental illness -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Demonology. (OCoLC)fst00890199
Magic. (OCoLC)fst01005468
Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author Kohl, Benjamin G.
Midelfort, H. C. Erik.
ISBN 188981802X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781889818023 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

 
    
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