Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America » (Revised)

Robert Thurston is Professor of History at the Universityof Miami.

This highly readable account provides an extensive overview of witch-hunting in Europe and North America.

• Explores the ingredients necessary for a witch hunt to develop as well as the reasons why no trials occurred in some regions
• Provides detailed case studies with identifiable places and people
• The history of the witch-hunts has a massive appeal

Illustrations Maps Introduction
1. New fears in Europe: 700-1500
2. Toward the Witch Pyres: Images and Realities of European Women to 1500
3. The Spread of the Witch Trials
4. Victims and Processes
5. The Decline and End of the Hunts Conclusion Chronology Web sites Afterword and Acknowledgements Bibliography Index