000 00960nam a2200181Ia 4500
999 _c147702
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020 _a9780140207453
040 _cCUS
082 _a133.43
_bHUG/W
100 _aHughes, Pennethorne
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245 0 _aWitchcraft/
_cPennethorne Hughes
260 _aGloucestershire:
_bSutton,
_c2004.
300 _a220 p. ;
_c22 cm.
440 _a(Sutton history classics)
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505 _aThe approaches to witchcraft -- The religious background up to classical times -- Classical witchcraft and the coming of Christianity -- Early Christianity and the surviving cult worships -- The medieval background: reaction into heresy -- The people who became witches -- Initiation -- The witch god -- The organization of the cult -- The Sabbats -- The powers and practices -- Prosecution and persecution -- Economic, social, and intellectual causes of decline -- The contemporary situation.
650 _aWitchcraft
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650 _aOccultism
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942 _cWB16
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