Elmer, Peter
(2001). Towards a politics of witchcraft in early modern England.
In: Clark, Stuart ed.
Languages of witchcraft: narrative, ideology and meaning in early modern culture.
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 101–118.
Abstract
In this essay, I seek to refocus attention away from the traditional sociological and psychological explanations for belief in witchcraft, and to stress instead the political context in which ideas about witchcraft evolved and changed over time.
| Item Type: |
Book Chapter
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| ISBN: |
0-333-79348-X, 978-0-333-79348-0 |
| Keywords: |
witchcraft; politics; early modern Europe; |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > History |
| Item ID: |
8907 |
| Depositing User: |
Peter Elmer
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Aug 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 20:03 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/8907 |
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