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La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874
"La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages" by Jules Michelet is a history book published in 1862. Michelet portrays medieval witchcraft as an act of popular rebellion against feudalism and the Catholic Church, depicting secret religions and Witches' Sabbaths organized by oppressed peasants and women. The first part imaginatively reconstructs the lives of medieval witches, while the second recounts actual witch trials across Europe. Though largely inaccurate, it stands as one of the first sympathetic histories of witchcraft. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Trotter, Lionel J. (Lionel James) |
| LoC No. | 11009020 |
| Title | La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism_and_Witchcraft_(book) |
| Credits | Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis |
| Subject | Superstition -- History -- To 1500 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 31420 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-31420-4 |
| Release Date | Feb 27, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2406 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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