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Witchcraft and Demonology in South-West England, 1640-1789

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Jonathan Barry

    1. University of Exeter, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 1-13

  3. Robert Hunt and the Somerset Witches

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 14-57

  4. The Trial of the Bideford Witches

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 58-102

  5. The Politics of Pandaemonium

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 103-123

  6. John Beaumont: Science, Spirits and the Scale of Nature

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 124-164

  7. Public Infidelity and Private Belief? The Discourse of Spirits in Enlightenment Bristol

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 165-205

  8. Methodism and Mummery: The Case of George Lukins

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 206-255

  9. Conclusion

    • Jonathan Barry
    Pages 256-275

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 276-373
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Using south-western England as a focus for considering the continued place of witchcraft and demonology in provincial culture in the period between the English and French revolutions, Barry shows how witch-beliefs were intricately woven into the fabric of daily life, even at a time when they arguably ceased to be of interest to the educated.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Exeter, UK

    Jonathan Barry

About the author

JONATHAN BARRYhas taught History at Exeter University, UK, where he is an Associate Professor and Dean of Taught Programmes, since 1985. He has published widely in urban, social, cultural, religious and medical history, editing nine books, including Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1996) and (with Owen Davies) Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiography (2007).

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