Male witches in early modern Europe

Gender at stake critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challeng...

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Main Author: Apps, Lara (auth)
Other Authors: Gow, Andrew (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2003
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