Table of Contents

List of contributors; Introduction: Beyond the witch-trials - Owen Davies and Willem de Blecourt; 1. Marking (dis)order: Witchcraft and the symbolics of hierarchy in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Finland - Raisa Maria Toivo; 2. Pro exoneratione sua propria coscientia: Magic, witchcraft and Church in early eighteenth-century Capua - Augusto Ferraluolo; 3. From illusion to disenchantment: Feijoo versus the 'falsely possessed' in eighteenth-century Spain - Maria Tausiet; 4. Responses to witchcraft in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Sweden Marie Lenners and: The aftermath of the witch-hunt in Dalarna Linda Oja: The superstitious other; 5. Witchcraft and magic in eighteenth-century Scotland - Peter Maxwell-Stuart; 6. The Devil's pact: A male strategy - Soili-Maria Olli; 7. Public infidelity and private belief?: The discourse of spirits in Enlightenment Bristol - Jonathan Barry; 8. 'Evil people': A late eighteenth-century Dutch witch doctor and his clients - Willem de Blecourt; 9. The archaeology of counter-witchcraft and popular magic - Brian Hoggard; 10. The dissemination of magical knowledge in Enlightenment Germany Sabine Doering-Manteuffel: The supernatural and the development of print culture; Stephan Bachter: Grimoires and the transmission of magical knowledge; Index

About the Author

Owen Davies is a cultural historian who has published widely on the subject of witchcraft and magic. Willem de Blécourt is an historical anthropologist and independent researcher, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam

Reviews

"'This is a fine collection of essays on an important topic in witchcraft studies. The study of the persistence of witchcraft beliefs and accusations during a period of enlightenment has only recently begun, and these essays make a substantial contribution to that enterprise.' Professor Brian P. Levack, University of Texas at Austin"