'Diane Purkiss ... insists on taking witches seriously. Her refusal to write witch-believers off as unenlightened has produced some richly intelligent meditatio
This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcr
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra, the #1 national bestseller, unpacks the mystery of the Salem Witch Trials. It began in 1692, over an exceptional
Get whisked away into the history of some of the most controversial women in history: witches. “I love how this book takes a global perspective…It's really
For three centuries, as the Black Death rampaged through Europe and the Reformation tore the Church apart, tens of thousands were arrested as witches and subjec