Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 -

This is an original and important study of the significance of witchcraft in English public life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his lively account, Bostridge explores contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and shows how it remained a serious concern across the spectrum of political opinion. He concludes that its gradual descent into polite ridicule had as much to do with political developments as with the birth of reason.

Ian Bostridge is a young British tenor making his mark on the opera and concert stage. He sings full-time, but is also writing a book, provisionally entitled Being a Singer, to be published by Methuen in 1998.

List of Illustrations

xii

(1)

Abbreviations

xiii

Introduction

1

(5)

1. Contract

6

(32)

2. Hobbes

38

(15)

3. Witchcraft Restored

53

(32)

4. Pandaemonium

85

(23)

5. Party-Causes

108

(31)

6. The Last Debate?

139

(16)

7. Afterlife

155

(25)

8. Repeal

180

(23)

9. Witchcraft Abroad

203

(30)

Conclusion

233

(12)

Bibliography

245

(20)

Index

265

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Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650 - c. 1750

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