Witchcraft and Magic in Europe : The Twentieth Century

Philadelphia:: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. As New condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "First published 1999" in the USA, is so stated on the copyright page. Contains an introduction and three major sections: 1) MODERN PAGAN WITCHCRAFT by Ronald Hutton (Univ. of Bristol); 2) SATANISM AND SATANIC MYTHOLOGY by Jean La Fontaine (London School of Economics); 3) THE WITCH, HER VICTIM, THE UNWITCHER AND THE RESEARCHER: THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT by Willem de Blécourt (Univ. of Warwick). Bibliography. Index. Publisher's pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "Each volume of this ambitious series contains the work of distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular era or region, and combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies... This volume includes a major new history of the origins and development of English 'Wicca' and an account of the circumstances in which the term 'Satanist' has been used to label individuals or groups." . First American Edition. Soft Cover. As New condition. 244pp..