| Edition |
Rev. ed., University of Chicago Press edition. |
| Description |
xi, 274 pages ; 22 cm |
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| Note |
"Revised edition originally published 1993 by Pimlico, London"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index. |
| Summary |
"Europe's Inner Demons is a fascinating history of the need to imagine antihuman conspiracies and an investigation of how those fantasies make the great European witch-hunt possible. In addition, Norman Cohn's discovery that some influential sources on witch trials were forgeries has revolutionized the field of witchcraft studies, making this one of the most essential books ever written on the subject."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Prelude in Antiquity -- Changing views of the Devil and his power -- The demonization of medieval heretics (1) -- The demonization of medieval heretics (2) -- The crushing of the Knights Templars -- The reality of ritual magic -- Demon-worshipping magicians that never were - The society of witches that never was -- The night-witch in popular imagination -- How the great witch-hunt did not start -- How the great witch-hunt really started (1) -- How the great witch-hunt really started (2). |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History.
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Europe -- Church history -- 600-1500.
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Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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| Chronological Term |
600-1500
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| Genre/Form |
Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0226113078 (alk. paper) |
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9780226113074 (alk. paper) |
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