Description
An introduction to European alchemy and a history of the practise of witchcraft and magic from the fourteenth century through to the seventeenth century.
William H. Davenport Adams presents the work of magicians and astrologers from fourteenth-century England through to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First published in 1889, this volume gives historical accounts of witchcraft and records of witch trials.
Featuring the following chapters:
- - The English Magicians
- - Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary
- - The Story of Dr. John Dee
- - The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly
- - Witches and Witchcraft
- - Early History of Witchcraft in England
- - The Decline of Witchcraft in England
- - The Literature of Witchcraft
Author: William H. Davenport Adams
Publisher: Walton Press
Published: 04/23/2010
Pages: 436
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9781445558257
ISBN10: 1445558254
BISAC Categories:
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Witchcraft (See Also Religion | Wicca)
- Religion | Wicca (see also Body, Mind & Spirit | Witchcraft)
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies