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A History of the Devil from the Middle Ages to the Present (review)

A History of the Devil from the Middle Ages to the Present (review) Reviews all treated within a single section in the earlier edition. The discussion of lynching and other forms of popular justice against supposed witches even after the end of legal trials has not been significantly changed. Discussion of witch-hunting behaviors directed at groups other than witches in the modern period remains primarily focused on the McCarthy period of the 1950s, but mention is now also made of the PATRIOT Act and Abu Ghraib prison. The section on modern Wiccans and Satanists now includes substantial discussion of the McMartin and other alleged satanic ritual child abuse scares of the 1980s and 1990s. The section on witchcraft in Africa has been updated to include the rising numbers of trials and executions in several regions of that continent in the 1990s. There have also been some cosmetic changes. The notes have been returned to the end of each chapter, where they were in the first edition, rather than the footnotes that were used in the second edition. Three new images have been added, including a helpful depiction of the use of the stappado for torture. Even better, these images are no longer clustered together in a special insert at the center http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft University of Pennsylvania Press

A History of the Devil from the Middle Ages to the Present (review)

Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft , Volume 2 (1) – May 11, 2008

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Reviews all treated within a single section in the earlier edition. The discussion of lynching and other forms of popular justice against supposed witches even after the end of legal trials has not been significantly changed. Discussion of witch-hunting behaviors directed at groups other than witches in the modern period remains primarily focused on the McCarthy period of the 1950s, but mention is now also made of the PATRIOT Act and Abu Ghraib prison. The section on modern Wiccans and Satanists now includes substantial discussion of the McMartin and other alleged satanic ritual child abuse scares of the 1980s and 1990s. The section on witchcraft in Africa has been updated to include the rising numbers of trials and executions in several regions of that continent in the 1990s. There have also been some cosmetic changes. The notes have been returned to the end of each chapter, where they were in the first edition, rather than the footnotes that were used in the second edition. Three new images have been added, including a helpful depiction of the use of the stappado for torture. Even better, these images are no longer clustered together in a special insert at the center

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Magic, Ritual, and WitchcraftUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: May 11, 2008

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