The Witch in the Western Imagination
$58.78
- Paperback
258 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2026
Summary
In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, The Witch in the Western Imagination examines the visual representation of witches in early modern Europe. With vibrant and lucid prose, Lyndal Roper moves away from the typical witchcraft studies on trials, beliefs, and communal dynamics and instead considers the witch as a symbolic and malleable figure through a broad sweep of topics and time periods.
Employing a wide selection of archival, literary, and visual materials, Rop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813953786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0813953782 |
| Author: | Lyndal Roper |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 258 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 152mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Richard Lectures |
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Lyndal Roper
Lyndal Roper is the Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford and the author of numerous books, most recently Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War.
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