Male Witches in Early Modern Europe

Male Witches in Early Modern Europe
ISBN-10
0719057094
ISBN-13
9780719057090
Category
History
Pages
204
Language
English
Published
2003-05-02
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Authors
Lara Apps, Andrew Gow

Description

This book critiques historians’ assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. It shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition, and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challenge the marginalization of male witches by feminist and other historians.

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