{"product_id":"witches-and-neighbours-isbn-9780631233251","title":"Witches and Neighbours","description":"\u003ci\u003eWitches and Neighbours\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly original and unconventional analysis of a fascinating historical phenomenon. Unlike other studies of the subject which focus on the mechanisms of persecution, this book presents a rich picture of witchcraft as an all-pervasive aspect of life in early modern Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA fascinating and accessible account of the central role of witchcraft in early modern Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA standard work on the subject of witchcraft now available in a revised edition with an updated bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an unconventional interpretation of the role and influence of witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that witchcraft was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a range of original sources to vividly illustrate the arguments.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xiv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the First Edition xv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Myths of the Perfect Witch 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Experience of Bewitchment 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Supernatural Power and Magical Remedies 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Projection of Evil 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Witch-Finders and Witch Cures 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Love and Hatred: Spouses and Kin 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Men against Women: The Gendering of Witchcraft 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Age of Iron 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Web of Power 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Internal and External Worlds 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion 343\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 357\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurther Reading 377\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdditional Bibliography 386\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 390\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"In this learned and meticulously researched book, Robin Briggs lays to rest many of the modern myths about the witch craze, without in any way diminishing its horror... Briggs skilfully shows how the myths of witchcraft were linked with fundamental human experiences of pain and anxiety... Lucid and important.\" \u003ci\u003eKaren Armstrong, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Briggs provides a fascinating psychological insight into the ideological system that produced the trials. To understand them within their own historical context, he argues, is to realize that a belief in the witches' power was neither irrational nor absurd... the evidence from this compelling book suggests that human actions are far more determined by irrational fears than our social selves are willing to accept.\" \u003ci\u003eJulia Wheelwright, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I salute [Briggs's] rigorous and thoughtful scholarship.\" \u003ci\u003eJames Morrow, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobin Briggs \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford where he has worked since his election as Prize Fellow in 1964. He was educated at Felsted School and Balliol College, Oxford and he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eEarly Modern France\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd Edition 1998), and \u003ci\u003eCommunities of Belief: Cultural and Social Tensions in Early Modern France\u003c\/i\u003e (1989).  \u003ci\u003eWitches and Neighbours\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly original and unconventional analysis of a fascinating historical phenomenon. Unlike other studies of the subject which focus on the mechanisms of persecution, this book presents a rich picture of witchcraft as an all-pervasive aspect of life in early modern Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobin Briggs combines recent research with his own investigations to produce a brilliant and compelling account of the central role of witchcraft in the past. Although the history of witchcraft can only be studied through records of persecutions, these reveal that trials were unusual in everyday life and that witchcraft can be viewed as a form of therapy. Witchcraft was also an outlet and expression of many fundamental anxieties of society and individuals in a time when life was precarious. The book argues that witchcraft - its belief and persecutions - cannot be explained by general causes but was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince its original publication in 1996, this book has become the standard work on the subject of witchcraft. It now appears in a revised edition with an updated bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is not available from Blackwell in the United States and the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990499279077,"sku":"NP9780631233251","price":146.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631233251.jpg?v=1761788072","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/witches-and-neighbours-isbn-9780631233251","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}