Instruments of Darkness
Witchcraft in Early Modern England
James Sharpe
1997 | 384 pages | Paper $22.50
History | Religion
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
Pt. 1. WITCHCRAFT IN ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY STUART ENGLAND
1. Witchcraft and Elite Mentalities
2. Witchcraft in Popular Culture
3. The Theological and Legal Bases for Witch-hunting
Pt. 2. FIVE THEMES
4. Patterns of Prosecution and Punishment
5. England's Mass Witch-hunt: East Anglia, 1645-7
6. Accusations, Counter-measures and the Local Community
7. Women and Witchcraft
8. Possession
Pt. 3. THE PROBLEM OF DECLINE
9. The Growth of Judicial Skepticism
10. A Changing Religious Context
11. Science and the Decline of Witchcraft
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index