The History of Witchcraft
Samuel Hume
Witches didn't exist, and yet thousands of people were executed for the crime of witchcraft. Why? The belief in magic and witchcraft has existed in every recorded human culture; this podcast looks at how people explained the inexplicable, turned random acts of nature into conscious acts of mortal or supernatural beings, and how desperate communities took revenge against the suspected perpetrators.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The History of Witchcraft podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Europe's inner demons
Norman Cohn
N. Cohn
Norman Rufus Colin Cohn
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Court and Character of King James I
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Sir Anthony Weldon
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Demonology
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James VI and I
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Malleus Maleficarum
The Hammer of the Witches
Heinrich Kramer
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Ecclesiastical History
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Eusebius
