The Discoverie of Witchcraft
Title | The Discoverie of Witchcraft PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Scot |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 1989-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486260305 |
16th-century classic debunks witchcraft but offers remarkable primary source of information on witchcraft, witch trials, practice of the black arts. Introduction by Montague Summers. 17 illustrations.
The Discovery of Witchcraft
Title | The Discovery of Witchcraft PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Scot |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 912 |
Release | 2023-11-23 |
Genre | Religion |
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The Discovery of Witchcraft is an exposé of the early modern witchcraft. Originally published in 1584, the book was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposed how feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring. Moreover, the book contains a small section which describes how the charlatans were able to fool the public and why the prosecutions of the accused were unwarranted for and un-Christian. The author also provocatively held the Roman church responsible to the prosecutions. The book became highly popular as an exhaustive encyclopaedia of contemporary beliefs about witchcraft, spirits, alchemy, magic, and legerdemain. William Shakespeare also drew from his study of Scot's book hints for his picture of the witches in Macbeth, and Thomas Middleton in his play of The Witch likewise was indebted to this source.
The Discovery of Witches and Witchcraft
Title | The Discovery of Witches and Witchcraft PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Hopkins |
Publisher | Puckrel Publishing |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Witchcraft |
ISBN | 0955635012 |
Scholarly reprint of the writings of the Witchfinder General and his accomplice.
The Discovery of Witches
Title | The Discovery of Witches PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Hopkins |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2022-09-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Discovery of Witches" by Matthew Hopkins. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Discoverie of witchcraft. London 1584
Title | Discoverie of witchcraft. London 1584 PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald SCOT |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 1886 |
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Discoverie of Witchcraft
Title | Discoverie of Witchcraft PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Scot |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1584 |
Genre | Demonology |
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The Discovery of Witchcraft : Proving that the Compacts and Contracts of Witches with Devils and All Infernal Spirits and Familiars, are But Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions... All which are Very Necessary to be Known for the Undeceiving of Judges, Justices, and Jurors, Before They Pass Sentence Upon Poor, Miserable and Ignorant People, who are Frequently Arraigned, Condemned and Executed for Witches and Wizzards. In Sixteen Books, by Reginald Scot,.. Whereunto is Added an Excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils and Spirits in Two Books, the First by the Aforesaid Author : the Second Now Added in this Third Edition as Succedaneous to the Former and Conducing to the Compleating of the Whole Work : with Nine Chapters at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Book of the Discovery
Title | The Discovery of Witchcraft : Proving that the Compacts and Contracts of Witches with Devils and All Infernal Spirits and Familiars, are But Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions... All which are Very Necessary to be Known for the Undeceiving of Judges, Justices, and Jurors, Before They Pass Sentence Upon Poor, Miserable and Ignorant People, who are Frequently Arraigned, Condemned and Executed for Witches and Wizzards. In Sixteen Books, by Reginald Scot,.. Whereunto is Added an Excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils and Spirits in Two Books, the First by the Aforesaid Author : the Second Now Added in this Third Edition as Succedaneous to the Former and Conducing to the Compleating of the Whole Work : with Nine Chapters at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Book of the Discovery PDF eBook |
Author | Reginald Scot |
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Pages | |
Release | 1665 |
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