This accessible study of witches, from their western origins in Greece and Rome, to their persecution in the 16th century and 20th-century paganism, aims to challenge some commonly held misconceptions about witches and witchcraft. Many witches, for example, were male and witches went unharmed and unpersecuted for much of history.
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This accessible study of witches, from their western origins in Greece and Rome, to their persecution in the 16th century and 20th-century paganism, aims to challenge some commonly held misconceptions about witches and witchcraft. Many witches, for example, were male and witches went unharmed and unpersecuted for much of history.
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Near Fine. Generally fine, with light bumping to the tips. First paperback edition (originally published in 2000). Softcover. 160 (w/ bibliography & index). A complete history of witches in the West, from their earliest origins through their persecution as heretics in the Sixteenth Century, to the pagan witches of the Twentieth. The real witch was a complex and interesting figure with a genuine story that is often shadowed by misleading perceptions of the ugly crone working evil magic. This book takes an intriguing point of view, and argues that many witches were young, many were men, that there is no distinction between white and black magic, and that witches were not universally persecuted, tortured, or executed, but were instead acquitted by the enraged authorities.
