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Trade paperback. 267 pages. Bibliography, Index. Weisman, a sociologist by profession, examines the discovery, trial and persecution of witches from the perspective of angry villagers, insecure clergymen and litigious magistrates, all caught up in an atmosphere where the devil was codefendant in every criminal indictment and by extension needed the ‘witch’ as his temporal medium. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Very good+ or better.