EUROPE'S INNER DEMONS by Norman Cohn ( 9780712657570 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

EUROPE'S INNER DEMONS

By:

Norman Cohn

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0712657576

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9780712657570

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

27 October, 1993

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

288

Description:

Traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins, and shows how the great witch-hunt erupted, when thousands of innocent people were tortured and burned alive in the 16th and 17th centuries. Norman Cohn is the author of "The Pursuit of the Millennium" and "Warrant for Genocide".

Synopsis:

In this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the fantasies that inspired the great European witch-hunt of the 16th and 17th centuries when thousands of innocent people were tortured and burned alive. It is a fascinating history of the need to imagine antihuman conspiracies and an investigation of how those fantasies made the great European witch-hunt possible. In addition, Professor Cohn's discovery that some influential sources on witch trials were forgeries has revolutionized the field of witchcraft studies, making this one of the most essential books ever written on the subject.

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Pimlico

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