This book PDF is perfect for those who love History genre, written by Darren Oldridge and published by Psychology Press which was released on 08 May 2024 with total hardcover pages 470. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related The Witchcraft Reader books below.
| Author | : Darren Oldridge |
| File Size | : 43,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 08 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 0415214920 |
| Pages | : 470 pages |
The excellent reader offers a selection of the best historical writing on witchcraft, exploring how belief in witchcraft began, and the social and context in which this belief flourished.
The excellent reader offers a selection of the best historical writing on witchcraft, exploring how belief in witchcraft began, and the social and context in which this belief flourished.
Get BookThe Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination. The witch trials of the late Middle Ages and the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have inspired a huge and expanding
Get BookThe excellent reader offers a selection of the best historical writing on witchcraft, exploring how belief in witchcraft began, and the social and context in which this belief flourished.
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