Name: Witchcraft and the Act of 1604 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, Religion, Ideas): 131
Author: John Newton (Editor), Jo Bath
ISBN: 9789004165281

Witchcraft and the Act of 1604 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, Religion, Ideas): 131 book cover

Witchcraft and the Act of 1604 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Culture, Religion, Ideas): 131

Author(s): John Newton (Editor), Jo Bath

Publisher: Brill
Publication Date: 15 Jan. 2008
Language: English
Print length: 248 pages
ISBN-10: 9004165282
ISBN-13: 9789004165281

Book Description

The essays in this volume examine the relationship of the Jacobean Witchcraft Act to the culture and society of seventeenth-century England. The book explores the potential influence of King James’s works and person on the framing of the Act, including the relationship of Shakespeare’s MacBeth to these events, as well as the impact of the Darrell controversy on the shaping of witchcraft beliefs before the Act. It also asseses the impact of the legislation on society in various parts of the country, as well as examining how drama reflected the ideas found in the legislation. The volume concludes with a look at the reasons for its repeal in 1736. This work provides new interpretations of the influence and application of the 1604 Witchcraft Act by some of the world’s leading scholars of witchcraft.

Contributors include: Jonathan Barry, Jo Bath, Roy Booth, Chris Brooks, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Marion Gibson, Clive Holmes, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, John Newton, and Tom Webster.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…a fine contribution to the ongoing historical debate”. Jacqueline Simpson, The Folklore Society, UK. In: Folklore, Vol. 120, No. 3 (December 2009), p. 344.

From the Back Cover

The essays in this volume examine the relationship of the Jacobean Witchcraft Act to the culture and society of seventeenth-century England. The book explores the potential influence of King Jamesa (TM)s works and person on the framing of the Act, including the relationship of Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” to these events, as well as the impact of the Darrell controversy on the shaping of witchcraft beliefs before the Act. It also asseses the impact of the legislation on society in various parts of the country, as well as examining how drama reflected the ideas found in the legislation. The volume concludes with a look at the reasons for its repeal in 1736. This work provides new interpretations of the influence and application of the 1604 Witchcraft Act by some of the worlda (TM)s leading scholars of witchcraft. Contributors include: Jonathan Barry, Jo Bath, Roy Booth, Chris Brooks, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Marion Gibson, Clive Holmes, P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, John Newton, and Tom Webster.

About the Author

John Newton, Ph. D (2003), University of Durham, is a freelance editor and researcher. He has published various articles on the culture of the early modern period (he has a particular interest in the construction and interpretation of the ‘supernatural’) and edited Early Modern Ghosts (Durham University, 2002).
Jo Bath, Ph.D (2000), University of Newcastle, is a freelance historian, and Associate Lecturer in the history of Medicine for the Open university. She has published on witchcraft, ghosts, and north-eastern criminal history.

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