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The History of Witchcraft and Demonology

The History of Witchcraft and Demonology

by Montague Summers

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Author
Summers, Montague, 1880-1948
Title
The history of witchcraft and demonology
Original Publication
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
Subject
Demonology -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77145
Release Date
October 28, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.THE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT — CHAPTER I The Witch: Heretic and Anarchist — NOTES TO CHAPTER I.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II The Worship of the Witch — NOTES TO CHAPTER II.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III Demons and Familiars — NOTES TO CHAPTER III.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV The Sabbat — NOTES TO CHAPTER IV
  10. 10.CHAPTER V The Witch in Holy Writ — NOTES TO CHAPTER V
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI Diabolic Possession and Modern Spiritism — NOTES TO CHAPTER VI
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII The Witch in Dramatic Literature — NOTES TO CHAPTER VII
  13. 13.BIBLIOGRAPHY — GENERAL — SCRIPTURAL AND ORIENTAL — ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND — ENGLAND: THE PAMPHLET LITERATURE — FRANCE — FRANCE: SPECIAL CASES — Madeleine Bavent — Marie Benoist, La Bucaille — La Cadière and Père Girard — Leonora Galigai — Louis Gaufridi and Madeleine de la Palud — Urbain Grandier — S. Joan of Arc — La Voisin and her Confederates — Palladism — Gilles de Rais — The Templars — ITALY — NORTH AMERICA — GERMANY — SPIRITISM
  14. 14.INDEX
  15. 15.Untitled

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