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A defence of witchcraft belief = a sixteenth-century response to Reginald Scot's Discoverie of witchcraft /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A defence of witchcraft belief/ edited by Eric Pudney.
Reminder of title:	a sixteenth-century response to Reginald Scot's Discoverie of witchcraft /
other author:	Pudney, Eric.
Published:	Manchester :Manchester University Press, : 2021.,
Description:	1 online resource (232 p.) :ill., facsims. :
Subject:	Witchcraft - Cross-cultural studies. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997- -
Online resource:	https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9781526147776
ISBN:	9781526147776

A defence of witchcraft belief = a sixteenth-century response to Reginald Scot's Discoverie of witchcraft /
A defence of witchcraft beliefa sixteenth-century response to Reginald Scot's Discoverie of witchcraft /[electronic resource] :edited by Eric Pudney. - 1st ed. - Manchester :Manchester University Press,2021. - 1 online resource (232 p.) :ill., facsims.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- About this edition -- Witchcraft in late sixteenth-century England -- The manuscript and its provenance -- Date -- Authorship -- The significance of the treatise -- Relationship to the Discoverie -- Sources -- Notes on the text -- The treatise.

"This is the first published edition of an extraordinary manuscript on witchcraft in the collection of the British Library, written by an unknown sixteenth-century scholar. Responding to a pre-publication draft of Reginald Scot's sceptical Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), the treatise represents the most detailed defence of witchcraft belief to be written in the early modern period in England. The manuscript rejects the arguments presented in Scot's work, covering ground that may have been considered too sensitive for print publications and presenting learned arguments not found in any other contemporary English work. Rather than merely asserting the existence of witches, it highlights the scriptural and theological justifications for belief. Perhaps more importantly, it also argues for the unacceptability of disbelief. It therefore offers a unique insight into elite witchcraft belief dating from the very beginning of the English witchcraft debate. This edition presents the treatise with modernised spelling for ease of reading. It is fully annotated, with translations provided for passages in Latin, and includes a comprehensive analytical introduction that discusses the provenance, date, authorship and significance of the treatise and sets it in historical context"-- Back cover.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

ISBN: 9781526147776

Standard No.: 10.7765/9781526147776doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

799848
Witchcraft
--Cross-cultural studies.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

556459
Great Britain
--Politics and government--1997-

LC Class. No.: BF1581 / .D33 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 133.43

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