Lives of the Necromancers Or, an Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power
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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- AMBITIOUS NATURE OF MAN
- EXAMPLES OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT FROM THE BIBLE
- GREECE
- ROME
- REVOLUTION PRODUCED IN THE HISTORY OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY
- HISTORY OF NECROMANCY IN THE EAST
- DARK AGES OF EUROPE
- COMMUNICATION OF EUROPE AND THE SARACENS
- REVIVAL OF LETTERS
- SANGUINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT
- CONCLUSION
- ERRATA
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- AMBITIOUS NATURE OF MAN
- EXAMPLES OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT FROM THE BIBLE
- GREECE
- ROME
- REVOLUTION PRODUCED IN THE HISTORY OF NECROMANCY AND WITCHCRAFT UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY
- HISTORY OF NECROMANCY IN THE EAST
- DARK AGES OF EUROPE
- COMMUNICATION OF EUROPE AND THE SARACENS
- REVIVAL OF LETTERS
- SANGUINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WITCHCRAFT
- CONCLUSION
- ERRATA
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- Lives of the NecromancersOr, an Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, Who Have Claimed for Themselves, or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power, pp. 119 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1834