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The geography of witchcraft

by Montague Summers · 1927

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This book relates many famous cases of witchcraft and demonology throughout history. It mostly focuses on Greece, Rome, England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and gives special attention to discussion on witchcraft in New England.

Genre
witchwitchMore like thisLess of this
Themes
demondemonMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of this
Subject
anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 623 pages

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