The Enemy Within
A Short History of Witch-hunting
$42.97
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2009
Summary
With the vision of a historian and the voice of a novelist, prize-winning author John Demos explores the social, cultural, and psychological roots of the scourge that is witch-hunting, both in the remote past and today.
The Enemy Within chronicles the most prominent witch-hunts of the Western world—women and men who were targeted by suspicious neighbors and accused of committing horrific crimes by supernatural means—and shows how the fear of witchcraft has fueled recurrent cy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143116332 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143116339 |
| Author: | John Demos |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 298g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 18mm |
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There is no one better qualified to tell these stories and write a general history of witch-hunting than John Demos.
A searing story, and a remarkable read. Unlike most historians, Demos does not flinch from taking us up close to real characters – Lyndal Roper, Professor Of Early Modern History, Balliol College, Oxford There is no one better qualified to tell these stories and write a general history of witch-hunting than John Demos The Boston Globe
About The Author
John Demos
John Demos is Samuel Knight Professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of several histories of early America, including Entertaining Satan, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, and The Unredeemed Captive, which received the Francis Parkman and Ray Allen Billington prizes in American history and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He lives in Tyringham, Massachusetts.
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