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Devil In The Details: Witchcraft In Reformation England, Angela A. Luna May 2023

Devil In The Details: Witchcraft In Reformation England, Angela A. Luna

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An analysis of the English Reformation’s impact on perceptions of witches and the transformation of witchcraft as a crime prosecutable in courts of law. It demonstrates English diabolism characterized by the use of animal familiars, body markings, and pacts with the Devil, which helped to shape the English witch trials.

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