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Magic and Superstition in Europe - A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present (Paperback)
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Magic and Superstition in Europe - A Concise History from Antiquity to the Present (Paperback)
Series: Critical Issues in World and International History
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The only comprehensive, single-volume survey of magic available,
this compelling book traces the history of magic, witchcraft, and
superstitious practices such as popular spells or charms from
antiquity to the present day. Focusing especially on Europe in the
medieval and early modern eras, Michael Bailey also explores the
ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and the spread of
magical systems_particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca_from Europe
to the United States. He examines how magic and superstition have
been defined in various historical eras and how these constructions
have changed over time. He considers the ways in which specific
categories of magic have been condemned, and how those identified
as magicians or witches have been persecuted and prosecuted in
various societies. Although conceptions of magic have changed over
time, the author shows how magic has almost always served as a
boundary marker separating socially acceptable actions from illicit
ones, and more generally the known and understood from the unknown
and occult.
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