A Treatise of Witchcraft

by Alexander Roberts

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Genres: History, Witchcraft

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 2005

About the author

1826-1901

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is enlightening as a historical document but it just exudes paranoia and conspiracy theory. If you were to take it at face value, every little old lady who owns a broomstick and a cat could be a witch, especially if she mumbles under her breath and glares at you.

I can imagine Shakespeare reading a text like this to glean material for the Weird Sisters in Macbeth. I can also imagine the magistrates of Salem consulting this at the witch trials.

[Christine Stowe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard work and way too many footnotes. Mary Smith was an interesting case though

[Tracy Jones · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't understand a word of that lol