From: mr happy (ajbehan@tcd.ie)
Date: Fri 19 Jan 1996 - 14:23:57 EET
> From: Argrath@aol.com
> >I suppose Christina Larner, Norman Coehn, Keith Thomas et al were just
> >misguided by "propaganda".
>
> Who?
The first two are major modern authorities on the Witch-Hysteria. The
third wrote "Religion and the Decline of Magic". This is an excellent
book about the role of magic in early modern England. It does
examine ecclesiastical magic. However it is primarily concerned with
astrologers and witches: both "white" witches and the malicious kind. If
you want to read about independent magicians read this book. None of the
witches in it were burnt, honest. They hung them in England, because it
was a felony not a heresy; unlike Scotland or the continent.
> I don't think we actually disagree.
Quite true.
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