Satanism and Witchcraft a Study In Medieval Superstition Hardcover VG!

Description: Satanism and Witchcraft a Study In Medieval Superstition Hardcover VG! Condition: This is very good condition with no marks, tears, folds, or missing pages. The dust cover has light wear at the top and some light yellowing. I believe this is the 2nd printing of the book. SATANISM and WITCHCRAFT by JULES MICHELET LONG OUT OF PRINT, Jules Michelet's classic study of medieval superstition has been published to bring to the attention of the general public one of the truly great sociological works of mod- ern times. Michelet has brilliantly recreated the Europe of the Middle Ages, the cen turies of fierce religious intolerance, the Inquisition and the Auto-da-fe. He de- picts the barons, the great manors, fiefs and serfs and the witches, hobgob lins and wizards of whom the masses lived in mortal fear. The serf, bound to the soil, had no rights... other than the right of owing body and soul to his lord. Even his wedding night was at the Baron's disposal, and the refusal of his bride to show favor to the Baron or priest might result in her indictment as itch a witch. Michelet draws flaming word pictures of the witch hunts, the Black Masses, the reign of Satan, and the weird rites of the damned. Here is the age of unbridled pleasure and sensuality, of luxury beyond imagination and squalor beyond endurance. Here is the day when a girl might be accused of Witchcraft merely if she were young and pretty and did not sur-vive the tests of immersion in water or boiling oil. Here is the day of beatings, floggings, tortures and summary deca pitations. The new translation has vividly recaptured the author's trenchant humor, scornful elegance and epigrammatic dash in language worthy of such a master. This is indeed one of the great works on the Age of Darkness. "The most important work on medieval superstitions yet written." ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

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