附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.
Contested categories -- Origins and arguments -- The inquisitors' devil -- Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief -- part one -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief -- part two -- Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality.
摘要:What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-
