A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718

by Wallace Notestein

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. The Beginnings of English Witchcraft
3. Chapter II. Witchcraft under Elizabeth
4. Chapter III. Reginald Scot
5. Chapter IV. The Exorcists
6. Chapter V. James I and Witchcraft
7. Chapter VI. Notable Jacobean Cases
8. Chapter VII. The Lancashire Witches and Charles I
9. Chapter VIII. Matthew Hopkins
10. Chapter IX. Witchcraft during the Commonwealth and Protectorate
11. Chapter X. The Literature of Witchcraft from 1603 to 1660
12. Chapter XI. Witchcraft under Charles II and James II
13. Chapter XII. Glanvill and Webster and the Literary War over Witchcraft, 1660-1688
14. Chapter XIII. The Final Decline
15. Chapter XIV. The Close of the Literary Controversy
16. A.—Pamphlet Literature
17. B.—List of Persons Sentenced to Death for Witchcraft During the Reign of James I
18. C.—List of Cases of Witchcraft, 1558-1718, with References to Sources and Literature

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