Ebook {Epub PDF} The Witch: A History of Fear from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton

“The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present”, by Ronald Hutton, is a detailed researched book on a wide variety of beliefs about witches, as well as on the many ways those beliefs gave rise to the Western witch trials/5().  · This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in 4/5(6). Hutton, Ronald. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present, New Haven: Yale University Press, The author intends to put forward the vast contribution to a better understanding of early modern European ideas about witchcraft and the notable trials of supposed witches that resulted from them.

TY - BOOK. T1 - The Witch. T2 - A History of Fear from Ancient Times to the Present. AU - Hutton, Ronald. PY - /8/1. Y1 - /8/1. N2 - Why have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present By Ronald Hutton Yale University Press pp £25 order from our bookshop. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present is a grotesque but thoroughly researched must-read for those who enjoy scholarly work. Ronald Hutton takes his readers back to the days of early modern Europe and provides them with his insightful knowledge of a time where witchcraft wasn't considered a bunch of hocus pocus.

This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europe's history The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more. The item The witch: a history of fear, from ancient times to present, Ronald Hutton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries. The Witch: A History of Fear from Ancient Times to the Present, Ronald Hutton, Yale University Press, , pp., £25 hard, ISBN Why have societies across the globe feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs and origins in Europe's and global history.