Clerics, conjurors and courtrooms : witchcraft, magic and religion in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland

The main focus of this study is the nineteenth century, and concerns the continuation of popular magical belief and the educated rejection of witchcraft in Ireland. Also addressed here is how the Irish authorities responded to witchcraft, by exploring folk culture and the interaction with ‘rational’...

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Main Author: Fulton, John
Published: Ulster University 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.706467