| The Superstitions of Witchcraft (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Williams, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409967883 ISBN-13: 9781409967880 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "THE SUPERSTITIONS OF WITCHCRAFT' is designed to exhibit a consecutive review of the characteristic forms and facts of a creed which (if at present apparently dead, or at least harmless, in Christendom) in the seventeenth century was a living and lively faith, and caused thousands of victims to be sent to the torture-chamber, to the stake, and to the scaffold. At this day, the remembrance of its superhuman art, in its different manifestations, is immortalised in the every-day language of the peoples of Europe. The belief in Witchcraft is, indeed, in its full development and most fearful results, modern still more than medi]val, Christian still more than Pagan, and Protestant not less than Catholic. " |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 194 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "THE SUPERSTITIONS OF WITCHCRAFT' is designed to exhibit a consecutive review of the characteristic forms and facts of a creed which (if at present apparently dead, or at least harmless, in Christendom) in the seventeenth century was a living and lively faith, and caused thousands of victims to be sent to the torture-chamber, to the stake, and to the scaffold. At this day, the remembrance of its superhuman art, in its different manifestations, is immortalised in the every-day language of the peoples of Europe. The belief in Witchcraft is, indeed, in its full development and most fearful results, modern still more than medi val, Christian still more than Pagan, and Protestant not less than Catholic. " |
