{"product_id":"witch-warlock-and-magician-historical-sketches-of-magic-and-witchcraft-in-england-and-scotland-paperback-9781108044431","title":"Witch, Warlock, and Magician; Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044431","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWitch, Warlock, and Magician\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistorical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1889 work traces the development of magic and witchcraft in England and portrays some of the most important 'magicians'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. H. Davenport Adams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044431, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e442 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe journalist and author W. H. Davenport Adams (1828–91) established a reputation for himself as a popular science writer, translator and lexicographer. He also wrote several children's books. In this 1889 work, Adams gives a general introduction to alchemy in Europe and traces the development of magic and alchemy in England from the fourteenth century onwards. Initially the disciplines were persecuted by the Church and met with 'the prejudice of the vulgar', languishing throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In Book 1 Adams portrays the English 'magicians' Roger Bacon, whom he considers to have been ahead of his contemporaries; John Dee and William Lilly, astrologists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, respectively; and the English Rosicrucians. Book 2 is a historical account of witchcraft in England and Scotland, from the middle ages to the witch trials of the seventeenth century, and includes a chapter on witchcraft in literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: progress of alchemy in Europe\u003cbr\u003e Book I. The English Magicians: 1. Roger Bacon: the true and the legendary\u003cbr\u003e 2. The story of Dr. John Dee\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dr. Dee's diary\u003cbr\u003e 4. Magic and imposture: a couple of knaves\u003cbr\u003e 5. The last of the English magicians: William Lilly\u003cbr\u003e 6. English Rosicrucians\u003cbr\u003e Book II. Witches and Witchcraft: 1. Early history of witchcraft in England\u003cbr\u003e 2. Witchcraft in England in the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 3. The decline of witchcraft in England\u003cbr\u003e 4. The witches of Scotland\u003cbr\u003e 5. The literature of witchcraft.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005809414424,"sku":"9781108044431","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044431i.jpg?v=1696746643","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/witch-warlock-and-magician-historical-sketches-of-magic-and-witchcraft-in-england-and-scotland-paperback-9781108044431","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}