Witchcraft and its Transformations c.1650–c.1750
Ian Bostridge
Abstract
This book is about the significance of witchcraft in English public life (c.1650–c.1750), and deals with contemporary opinion regarding its theological, philosophical, and legal dimensions. The book discusses civil war politics, the writings of Thomas Hobbes, the debate about witchcraft at the time of the Glorious Revolution, and the disputes surrounding the repeal of Jacobean witchcraft legislation in 1736. It also examines the work of less familiar writers and propagandists such as Richard Boulton, Francis Hutchinson, and James Erskine of Grange, and balances this account of the gradual demi ... More
Keywords: witchcraft, civil war, Thomas Hobbes, Glorious Revolution, Jacobean witchcraft legislation, Richard Boulton, Francis Hutchinson, James Erskine of Grange, France, Britain
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1997 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198206538 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206538.001.0001 |
