Witchcraft/
Pennethorne Hughes
- Gloucestershire: Sutton, 2004.
- 220 p. ; 22 cm.
- (Sutton history classics) .
The approaches to witchcraft -- The religious background up to classical times -- Classical witchcraft and the coming of Christianity -- Early Christianity and the surviving cult worships -- The medieval background: reaction into heresy -- The people who became witches -- Initiation -- The witch god -- The organization of the cult -- The Sabbats -- The powers and practices -- Prosecution and persecution -- Economic, social, and intellectual causes of decline -- The contemporary situation.