Towards a politics of witchcraft in early modern England

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.

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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.

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• Item ORO ID
• 8907
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-333-79348-X, 978-0-333-79348-0
• Keywords
• witchcraft; politics; early modern Europe;
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Depositing User
• Peter Elmer