This is a work of fundamental importance for our understanding of
the intellectual and cultural history of early modern Europe.
Stuart Clark offers a new interpretation of the witchcraft beliefs
of European intellectuals based on their publications in the field
of demonology, and shows how these beliefs fitted rationally with
many other views current in Europe between the fifteenth and
eighteenth centuries. Professor Clark is the first to explore the
appeal of demonology to early modern intellectuals by looking at
the books they published on the subject during this period. After
examining the linguistic foundations of their writings, the author
shows how the writers' ideas about witchcraft (and about magic)
complemented their other intellectual commitments-in particular,
their conceptions of nature, history, religion, and politics. The
result is much more than a history of demonology. It is a survey of
wider intellectual and ideological purposes, and underlines just
how far the nature of rationality is dependent on its historical
context.
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