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Witchcraft in Europe and America is a collection that offers a broad range of documents on witchcraft dating from the 15th century to the early 20th century. The majority of the material concerns the 16th to 18th centuries (the so-called "classic period) as well as anti-persecution writings, works by penologists, legal and church documents, exposés of persecutions, philosophical writings, transcripts of trials and exorcisms and numerous dissertations and limited printed works examining the theological, legal, and social implications of witchcraft. |