The Discovery of Witchcraft (eBook)

Facts, Fiction & Conspiracy Theories Behind the Medieval Witch Hunt

Reginald Scot (Autor)

Brinsley Nicholson (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
789 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-633812006-9 (EAN)

Infos

The Discovery of Witchcraft is an exposé of the early modern witchcraft. Originally published in 1584, the book was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposed how feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring. Moreover, the book contains a small section which describes how the charlatans were able to fool the public and why the prosecutions of the accused were unwarranted for and un-Christian. The author also provocatively held the Roman church responsible to the prosecutions. The book became highly popular as an exhaustive encyclopaedia of contemporary beliefs about witchcraft, spirits, alchemy, magic, and legerdemain. William Shakespeare also drew from his study of Scot's book hints for his picture of the witches in Macbeth, and Thomas Middleton in his play of The Witch likewise was indebted to this source.

Autor

Reginald Scot(1538-1599) was an English country gentleman and member of parliament, now remembered as the author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, which was published in 1584. It was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposed how feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Schlagworte: Conjuring practices • Conjuring techniques • Cultural impact on witch trials • Debunking magic illusions • Demonology • Early modern beliefs • Harry Potter • Historical exposure of witch hunts • historical non-fiction • Lisa Buckland • Literary influence on Shakespeare • Magic • raymond buckland • Renaissance History • Skepticism towards witchcraft • spell book • Wicca