{"product_id":"witch-beliefs-and-witch-trials-in-the-middle-ages-documents-and-readings-9781441109804","title":"Witch Beliefs and Witch Trials in the Middle Ages Documents and Readings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr PG Maxwell-Stuart is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of History at the University of St Andrews. His many publications include Witchcraft - A History (Tempus 2000)and The Occult in Medieval Europe (Palgrave 2005).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction - an extensive essay setting the historical, theological and social contexts of the translated documents; 2. The Documents: i. 20 Papal decrees or letters ranging between 1318 and 1523 which show the concern of eight Popes across two centuries over the growing danger of witchcraft. Pope John XXII is a key figure - he had to deal with a magical conspiracy against himself personally, as his letters illustrate. Included will be summaries of the untranslated documents; ii. 50 translated documents from diverse authors ranging from c.900 - 1575; iii. Documents dealing with witch trials from ecclesiastical inquisitorial records and secular court records, 1323 to 1514; 3. Notes; 4. Bibliography; 5. Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187491430743,"sku":"9781441109804","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/witch-beliefs-and-witch-trials-in-the-middle-ages-documents-and-readings-9781441109804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}