The path of the devil : early modern witch hunts /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jensen, Gary F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2007]
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Early modern witch hunts
  • Explaining witch hunts: sacrifice, persecution, and scapegoat theories
  • Apocalyptic variables: disease, war, and famine
  • A discourse on measures
  • Relationships over time
  • The selection of targets: scapegoating, collective conflict, and victimology
  • The Salem witch hunt: a perfect storm
  • Modern "witch hunts": more than metaphors?
  • The early modern witch craze
  • Explaining witch hunts: sacrifice, persecution, and scapegoat theories
  • Apocalyptic crises: pestilence, war, and famine
  • A discourse on measures
  • Untangling relationships
  • Shifting enemies: scapegoating, victimology, and collective conflict
  • The Salem witch hunt: a perfect storm
  • Modern witch hunts: more than a metaphor?