Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Name: Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Author: Walter Scott
ISBN: 9781787244047

Author: Walter Scott
Series: World Classics
Language: English
Length: 266 pages
ISBN: 9781787244047
Published: 25 January 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

Supernatural Beliefs
18th Century
19th Century
Witch Trials
Folklore
Demonic Entities
Societal Perceptions
Magic
Occult
Superstitions

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Description

"Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" by Walter Scott is a non-fiction work delving into the supernatural beliefs prevalent in the 18th and 19th centuries. Scott explores the historical context of witch trials, folklore, and demonic entities. Through a series of letters, he examines societal perceptions of magic and witchcraft, shedding light on the superstitions that fueled persecution. With a keen literary and historical lens, Scott demystifies the eerie realms of the occult, offering readers an insightful journey into the cultural and psychological underpinnings of supernatural beliefs in Western history.

Author

Walter Scott (1771–1832) invented the historical novel as a popular art. Waverley, Ivanhoe, and Rob Roy taught Europe that the past could be walked through — tartan, crusade, and the clash of Highland and Hanoverian as living weather, not a school lesson. A poet and an Edinburgh lawyer before the novels made him famous, Scott wrote at a pace that built Abbotsford and a nation's tourist imagination.

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Audiobook · English · Sovereign9781802565409