Witchcraft and Its Transformations, C. 1650 - C. 1750

This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his lively account, Bostridge explores contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and shows how it remained a serious concern across the spectrum of political opinion. He concludes that its gradual descent into polite ridicule had as much to do with political developments as with the birth of reason.

Author: Ian Bostridge
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 04/24/1997
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780198206538

About the Author
Ian Bostridge is a young British tenor making his mark on the opera and concert stage. He sings full-time, but is also writing a book, provisionally entitled Being a Singer, to be published by Methuen in 1998.

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