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Witchcraft and the Act of 1604

Witchcraft and the Act of 1604

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Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Book 131

PhilosophyMedieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General

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ISBN10: 9004165282
ISBN13: 9789004165281
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 9 2008
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.76 Width: 9.92 Depth: 6.34
Language: English
The essays in this volume examine the relationship of the Jacobean Witchcraft Act to the culture and society of seventeenth-century England. The book explores the potential influence of King James's works and person on the framing of the Act, including the relationship of Shakespeare's MacBeth to these events, as well as the impact of the Darrell controversy on the shaping of witchcraft beliefs before the Act. It also asseses the impact of the legislation on society in various parts of the country, as well as examining how drama reflected the ideas found in the legislation. The volume concludes with a look at the reasons for its repeal in 1736. This work provides new interpretations of the influence and application of the 1604 Witchcraft Act by some of the world's leading scholars of witchcraft.

Contributors include: Jonathan Barry, Jo Bath, Roy Booth, Chris Brooks, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Marion Gibson, Clive Holmes, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, John Newton, and Tom Webster.

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