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  1. 1. Opplyst barbari. Overtrokritikk i Reginald Scots "The Discoverie of Witchcraft" (1584) og William Perkins' "A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft" (1608)

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Sandra I Kottum; [2014-01-07]
    Nyckelord :Superstition; witchcraft; Reginald Scot; William Perkins; Foucault; language; illusions; idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : Witch-skeptic Reginald Scot and “witchmonger” William Perkins are typically cast as polar opposites in England’s early modern debate on witchcraft. When their differences are played down, Scot tends to be stripped of his proto-rationalism, while Perkins remains a representa-tive of religious backwardness. LÄS MER