Fascinating and highly informative, The Appearance of Witchcraft
explores how visual representations of witchcraft contributed to
the widespread acceptance of witch beliefs in sixteenth-century
Europe and helped establish the preconditions for the widespread
persecution of witches.
Focusing on the visual contraction, or figure of the witch, and
the activity of witchcraft, Zika places the study in the context of
sixteenth-century withcraft and demonological theory, and in the
turbulent social and religious changes of the period.
Zika argues that artists and printers used images to relate
witchcraft theories, developed by theologians and legitimated by
secular authorities, to a whole range of contemporary discourses on
women and gender roles, sexuality, peasant beliefs and medical
theories of the body. He also examines the role of artist as
mediators between the ideas of the elite and the ordinary
people.
For students of medieval history or anyone interested in the
appearance of witchcraft, this will be an enthralling and
invaluable read.
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