Description
This is a classic regional and comparative study of early brand new witchcraft. The history of witchcraft continues to draw attention with its emotive and contentious debates. The methodology and conclusions of this book have impacted no longer handiest on witchcraft studies but all the technique to social and cultural history with its quantitative and anthropological approach. The book provides the most important case study on Essex in addition to drawing comparisons with other regions of early brand new England.
The second one edition of this classic work adds a new historiographical introduction, placing the book in context these days.