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Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft, 2nd Edition

  • Jonathan Durrant
  • Michael D. Bailey
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  • ISBN-10: 0810875128
  • ISBN-13: 9780810875128
  • DDC: 133.4
  • Grade Level Range: 9th Grade - College Senior
  • 292 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2012 | Published/Released April 2013
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2012

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Overview

The second edition of HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF WITCHCRAFT covers the history of the Witchcraft from 1750 B.C.E. though the modern day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on witch hunts, witchcraft trials, and related practices around the world. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of witchcraft.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Historical Dictionary.
Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Editor’s Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Chronology.
Introduction.
1: Accusatorial Procedure.
2: Adler, Margot.
3: Affair of the Poisons.
4: Africa, Witch-Hunts in.
5: African Witchcraft.
6: Age, Correlation with Witchcraft Accusations.
7: Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius.
8: Albertus Magnus.
9: Alchemy.
10: Alexander IV, Pope.
11: Alexander V, Pope.
12: Antiquity, Witchcraft in.
13: Apostasy.
14: Aquinas, Thomas.
15: Art, Witchcraft in.
16: Asian Witchcraft.
17: Astrology.
18: Augustine of Hippo, Saint.
19: Baba Yaga.
20: Bacchanalia.
21: Bacon, Roger.
22: Baldung Grien, Hans.
23: Bamberg Witch Trials.
24: Baphomet.
25: Basel, Council of.
26: Basque Lands, Witchcraft in.
27: Bavaria, Witch Trials in.
28: Bavarian War of the Witches.
29: Bayle, Pierre.
30: Bekker, Balthasar.
31: Benandanti.
32: Berkeley, Witch of.
33: Bernardino of Siena.
34: Bible, Witchcraft in.
35: Binsfeld, Peter.
36: Black Mass.
37: Bodin, Jean.
38: Boguet, Henri.
39: Bonae Mulieres.
40: Boniface VIII, Pope.
41: Book of Shadows.
42: Bordelon, Laurent.
43: Borromeo, Saint Carlo.
44: The Brocken.
45: Brooms.
46: Buckland, Raymond.
47: Burning Times.
48: Caesarius of Heisterbach.
49: Calvin, Jean.
50: Cannibalism.
51: Canon Episcopi.
52: Caribbean Witchcraft.
53: Carolina Law Code.
54: Castañega, Martín de.
55: Cats.
56: Cauldron.
57: Chelmsford Witches.
58: Children, Witchcraft and.
59: Chronology of Witch-Hunting.
60: Church of Satan.
61: Church of Wicca.
62: Circe.
63: Classical Music, Witchcraft in.
64: Como, Bernard de.
65: Coven.
66: The Craft.
67: Crimen Exceptum.
68: Crowley, Aleister.
69: Cunning Men and Women.
70: Daneau, Lambert.
71: Dee, John.
72: Del Rio, Martín.
73: Demonology.
74: Demons.
75: Devil.
76: Devil’s Mark.
77: Diabolism.
78: Diana, Goddess.
79: Divination.
80: Duncan, Helen.
81: Dürer, Albrecht.
82: Eichstätt Witch Trials.
83: Endor, Witch of.
84: England and Wales, Witchcraft in.
85: Erasmus, Desiderius.
86: Erictho.
87: Errores Gazariorum.
88: Estonia, Witchcraft in.
89: Eugenius IV, Pope.
90: Evil.
91: Evil Eye.
92: Executions.
93: Exorcism.
94: Eymeric, Nicolau.
95: Familiars.
96: Faust.
97: Feminism and Witchcraft.
98: Fiction, Witchcraft in.
99: Films, Witchcraft in.
100: Flade, Dr. Dietrich.
101: Folklore.
102: Foxes.
103: France, Witchcraft in.
104: Fründ, Hans.
105: Gardner, Gerald.
106: Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johann.
107: German Empire, Witchcraft in.
108: Gerson, Jean.
109: Gifford, George.
110: Gilles de Rais.
111: Glanvill, Joseph.
112: Goats.
113: The Goddess.
114: Göldi, Anna.
115: Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de.
116: Gregory IX, Pope.
117: Grillandus, Paulus.
118: Grimoire.
119: Guazzo, Francesco Maria.
120: Gui, Bernard.
121: Hale, Sir Matthew.
122: Halloween.
123: Hand of Glory.
124: Hartlieb, Johann.
125: Healing, Magical.
126: Hecate.
127: Heresy.
128: Hermetic Magic.
129: Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
130: Herne the Hunter.
131: Herodias.
132: Hobbes, Thomas.
133: Holda.
134: Hoodoo.
135: Hoopoe (Upupa Epops).
136: Hopkins, Matthew.
137: Horned God.
138: Humanism.
139: Hungary, Witchcraft in.
140: Hutchinson, Francis.
141: Iceland, Witchcraft in.
142: Idolatry.
143: Imp.
144: Incubi and Succubi.
145: Infanticide.
146: Innocent III, Pope.
147: Innocent VIII, Pope.
148: Inquisition.
149: Inquisitorial Procedure.
150: Ireland, Witchcraft in.
151: Isidore of Seville, Saint.
152: Isis.
153: Islam, Witchcraft and Magic in.
154: Italy, Witchcraft in.
155: Jacquier, Nicholas.
156: James VI and I, King.
157: Jews.
158: Joan of Arc, Saint.
159: John XII, Pope.
160: Kramer (Institoris), Heinrich.
161: Kyteler, Alice.
162: Lamashtu.
163: Lamia.
164: Lancashire Witches.
165: Lancre, Pierre de.
166: Laws against Witchcraft, African.
167: Laws against Witchcraft, European.
168: Le Franc, Martin.
169: Leland, Charles.
170: Lilith.
171: Loogaroo.
172: Loos, Cornelius.
173: Loudun, Possessions at.
174: Love Magic.
175: Luther, Martin.
176: Macumba.
177: Magic.
178: Malebranche, Nicolas.
179: Male Witches.
180: Maleficium.
181: Malleus Maleficarum.
182: Mambabarang.
183: Mandrake.
184: Mangkukulam.
185: Map, Walter.
186: Mather, Cotton.
187: Mather, Increase.
188: Medea.
189: Metamorphosis.
190: Midwives.