European Magic and Witchcraft: A Reader [Minkštas viršelis]

"Anyone looking for significant attention paid to the medieval period, and especially the earlier medieval centuries, will find it here. And for the late medieval and early modern periods, its attention to different kinds of sources, especially its mix of literature and drama along with legal and demonological texts, is a welcome addition."

- Michael D. Bailey, Iowa State University (The Medieval Review) "For several decades now, magic and witchcraft have been the focus of scholarly attention, and Martha Ramptons reader a collection of primary texts that prepares the topic in all its breadth for use in the classroom is a welcome addition. University of Toronto Press has to be thanked for providing teachers, students, and scholars alike with a rich and voluminous source-book, albeit less affordable than one might have hoped. European Magic and Witchcraft presents carefully selected texts, eighty-six examples from very different genres, from biblical times to the early modern period in chronological order. Some of these texts are famous and have had an enormous cultural impact, such as A Midsummer Nights Dream or Augustines City of God, while others are quite rare, such as Alferic of Eynsham (ca. 9551010) or court records of the use of torture in early modern witchcraft trials."

- Sergius Kodera, University of Vienna (Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme)