The War on Witchcraft : Andrew Dickson White, George Lincoln Burr, and the Origins of Witchcraft Historiography Paperback / softback
by Jan (Cardiff University) Machielsen
Part of the Elements in Magic series
Paperback / softback
Description
Historians of the early modern witch-hunt often begin histories of their field with the theories propounded by Margaret Murray and Montague Summers in the 1920s.
They overlook the lasting impact of nineteenth-century scholarship, in particular the contributions by two American historians, Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) and George Lincoln Burr (1857-1938).
Study of their work and scholarly personae contributes to our understanding of the deeply embedded popular understanding of the witch-hunt as representing an irrational past in opposition to an enlightened present.
Yet the men's relationship with each other, and with witchcraft sceptics - the heroes of their studies - also demonstrates how their writings were part of a larger war against 'unreason'.
This Element thus lays bare the ways scholarly masculinity helped shape witchcraft historiography, a field of study often seen as dominated by feminist scholarship.
Such meditation on past practice may foster reflection on contemporary models of history writing.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/07/2021
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- ISBN:9781108948746
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/07/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108948746
