Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
About the Book Series
Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic welcomes proposals for books that can be used in the teaching of the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic across all time periods and geographies, but with a particular focus on the early modern period.
These books allow students to discover new areas of research which have been placed into the secondary literature of the period and the historiography of the subject. These books provide a key learning resource for all students studying the history of witchcraft, demonology and magic.
Prophets and Witches: Witchcraft, Gender and Politics in Revolutionary England
1st Edition
By Debra Parish
August 04, 2025
Prophets and Witches offers an exploration of female prophecy and witchcraft during the political and religious upheavals of the English Revolutionary period from 1640 to 1660. The religious fervour and End of Days enthusiasm precipitated by the Civil War opened the door for unprecedented numbers ...
The Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617
1st Edition
By Louise Nyholm Kallestrup
March 31, 2025
This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Reformation of Denmark in 1536 to the celebration of the Lutheran centennial of 1617. As well as exploring witchcraft, this volume is a portrait of Denmark and how religion and politics in the ...
Science and Specters at Salem
1st Edition
By Matt Goldish
August 27, 2024
Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial types of evidence. The role of judges in a witch trial...
An Anatomy of Witchcraft: Between Cognitive Sciences and History
1st Edition
By Oscar Di Simplicio, Martina Di Simplicio
November 30, 2023
Much has been written on witchcraft by historians, theologians, philosophers, and anthropologists, but nothing by scientists. This book aims to reappraise witchcraft by applying to it the advances in cognitive sciences. The book is divided into four parts. Part I ("Deep History") deals with human ...
The Voices of Women in Witchcraft Trials: Northern Europe
1st Edition
By Liv Helene Willumsen
March 29, 2022
Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women’s voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea: Spanish Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. From each country, ...
Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael R. Lynn
March 18, 2022
Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth century. Although the hunt for witches in Europe declined precipitously after 1650, and the intellectual justification for natural magic came under fire by 1700...
Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft: Cultural Exchanges from the Twelfth to Eighteenth Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Marina Montesano
August 20, 2021
This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. The chapters traverse a broad spectrum both chronologically and thematically; yet together, their shared focus on cultural ...
Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Julian Goodare, Rita Voltmer, Liv Helene Willumsen
August 12, 2020
Demonology – the intellectual study of demons and their powers – contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. But how exactly did intellectual ideas relate to prosecutions? Recent scholarship has shown that some of the demonologists’ concerns remained at an abstract intellectual level, ...
The Science of Demons: Early Modern Authors Facing Witchcraft and the Devil
1st Edition
Edited
By Jan Machielsen
April 08, 2020
Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real? Did his powers have limits? Or were tales of the demonic all one grand illusion? Physicians, lawyers, and theologians at different times and places ...