Witchcraft, magic and culture, 1736-1951 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This study traces the history of witchcraft and magic from 1736 (the year of the Witchcraft Act) to the year 1951, when the passing of the Fraudulent Mediums Act finally erased the concept of witchcraft from the statute books

Print Book, English, 1999

Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1999

Genre:History

Physical Description:xiii, 337 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780719056550, 9780719056567, 0719056551, 071905656X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:41338629

Contents:

Introduction1. Educated attitudes towards the popular belief in witchcraft and magic2. Popular justice and witchcraft3. The witch4. Cunning-folk, astrologers, and fortune-tellers5. Magic and medicine6. Witchcraft, magic, literacy and literature7. Cultural ChangeConclusion -- .