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Preface v
CHAPTER I.
The Beginnings of English Witchcraft 1
CHAPTER II.
Witchcraft under Elizabeth 33
CHAPTER III.
Reginald Scot 57
CHAPTER IV.
The Exorcists 73
CHAPTER V.
James I and Witchcraft 93
CHAPTER VI.
Notable Jacobean Cases 120
CHAPTER VII.
The Lancashire Witches and Charles I 146
CHAPTER VIII.
Matthew Hopkins 164
CHAPTER IX.
Witchcraft during the Commonwealth and Protectorate 206
CHAPTER X.
The Literature of Witchcraft from 1603 to 1660 227
CHAPTER XI.
Witchcraft under Charles II and James II 254
CHAPTER XII.
Glanvill and Webster and the Literary War over Witchcraft, 1660-1688 284
CHAPTER XIII.
The Final Decline 313
CHAPTER XIV.
The Close of the Literary Controversy 334
Appendices 345
A. Pamphlet Literature 345
B. List of Persons Sentenced to Death for Witchcraft during the Reign of James I 383
C. List of Cases of Witchcraft, 1558-1717, with References to Sources and Literature 384
Index 421

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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