The History of Witchcraft and Demonology
The History of Witchcraft and
Demonology
By
MONTAGUE SUMMERS
Initiati sunt Beelphegor: set comederunt sacrificai mortuorum.
Et immolauerunt filios suos, et filias suas dæmoniis.
Et effunderunt sanguinem innocentem. Et fornicati sunt in adinuentionibus suis.—Psalm cv.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. LTD.
NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF
1926
CONTENTS
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PAGE |
vii |
CHAPTER |
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I. | 1 |
II. | 51 |
III. | 81 |
IV. | 110 |
V. | 173 |
VI. | 198 |
VII. | 276 |
315 |
347 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE |
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I. | The Departure for the Sabbat (David Teniers) |
Frontispiece |
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PAGE |
II. | The World Tost at Tennis, 4to., 1620 |
8 |
(Facsimile title-page.)
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III. | Compendium Maleficarum. Mediolani, 1626 |
82 |
(Facsimile title-page of second edition.)
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IV. | Off to the Sabbat (Queverdo) |
120 |
V. | The Sabbat (Ziarnko) |
144 |
VI. | The Witch of Endor (W. Faithorne) |
178 |
(Frontispiece to Sadducismus Triumphatus, 1681)
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VII. | S. James Visits the Warlock’s Den (Pieter Breughel) |
250 |
VIII. | The Witch of Edmonton. 4to., 1658 |
290 |
(Facsimile title-page.)
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