Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in England, 1550-1750

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The first comprehensive scholarly history of witchcraft in England in over eighty years. "Learned and enthralling."--Jan Morris, Independent Weekend They flew through the air, consorted with animals, and made pacts with the devil. Witches were as unquestioned as alchemy or astrology in medieval England; yet it wasn't until the midsixteenth century that laws were passed against them.

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