Male Witches in Early Modern Europe - by Lara Apps & Andrew Gow (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This is the first ever full book on the subject of male witches addressing incidents of witch-hunting in both Britain and Europe.<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Gender at stake critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challenge the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. The book shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. The authors analyse ideas about witches and witch prosecution as gendered artefacts of patriarchal societies under which both women and men suffered. They challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies by applying crucial insights from feminist scholarship on gender to a selection of statistical arguments, social-historical explanations, traditional feminist history and primary sources, including trial records and demonological literature. The authors assessment of current orthodoxies concerning the causes and origins of witch-hunting will be of particular interest to scholars and students in undergraduate and graduate courses in early modern history, religion, culture, gender studies and methodology.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This is the first ever full book on the subject of male witches addressing incidents of witch-hunting in both Britain and Europe. Uses feminist categories of gender analysis to critique the feminist agenda that mars many studies. Advances a more bal. Critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting, challenging the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. Shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. It uses feminist categories of gender analysis to challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies providing a more balanced and complex view of witch-hunting and ideas about witches in their gendered forms than has hitherto been available.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The authors demonstrate some real and significant scholarship. Many of the arguments contained within are extremely original and very forceful." --James Sharpe, University of York<BR><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Lara Apps is Graduate Student Ombudsperson at the University of Alberta, where she received a Master's degree in History in 2000 <p/>Andrew Gow is Professor of History at the University of Alberta<br>
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