{"product_id":"witches-and-neighbours-9780631233251","title":"Witches and Neighbours","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text combines research with the author's investigations to produce an account of the role of witchcraft in the past. It argues that witchcraft - its belief and persecutions - cannot be explained by general causes but was as complex and changing as the society of which it formed a vital part.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this learned and meticulously researched book, Robin Briggs lays to rest many of the modern myths about the witch craze, without in any way diminishing its horror... Briggs skilfully shows how the myths of witchcraft were linked with fundamental human experiences of pain and anxiety... Lucid and important.\" \u003ci\u003eKaren Armstrong, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Briggs provides a fascinating psychological insight into the ideological system that produced the trials. To understand them within their own historical context, he argues, is to realize that a belief in the witches' power was neither irrational nor absurd... the evidence from this compelling book suggests that human actions are far more determined by irrational fears than our social selves are willing to accept.\" \u003ci\u003eJulia Wheelwright, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I salute [Briggs's] rigorous and thoughtful scholarship.\" \u003ci\u003eJames Morrow, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xiv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to the First Edition xv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Myths of the Perfect Witch 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Experience of Bewitchment 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Supernatural Power and Magical Remedies 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Projection of Evil 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Witch-Finders and Witch Cures 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Love and Hatred: Spouses and Kin 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Men against Women: The Gendering of Witchcraft 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Age of Iron 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Web of Power 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Internal and External Worlds 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion 343\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 357\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurther Reading 377\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdditional Bibliography 386\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 390\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403455635799,"sku":"9780631233251","price":105.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631233251.jpg?v=1730483526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/witches-and-neighbours-9780631233251","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}