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... Reginald Scot pointed out in 1584 , " poisoner , " and certainly had nothing to do with the highly sophisticated Christian conception of a witch / Yet the domination of Holy Scriptures was such that these mistranslations fostered the de ...
... Reginald Scot pointed out in 1584 , " poisoner , " and certainly had nothing to do with the highly sophisticated Christian conception of a witch / Yet the domination of Holy Scriptures was such that these mistranslations fostered the de ...
Page 453
... Scot's Discovery of Witch- craft , the most important book in English to attack the witchcraft delusion . This is a very rare edition , for on his accession to the throne of England in 1603 , King James I ordered all ... Scot , Reginald.
... Scot's Discovery of Witch- craft , the most important book in English to attack the witchcraft delusion . This is a very rare edition , for on his accession to the throne of England in 1603 , King James I ordered all ... Scot , Reginald.
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... Reginald Scot , who ridiculed the witch- craft delusion , made a long roster of other means by which every " doting old woman " thought she affected the weather . Scot listed casting a flint stone over the left shoulder toward the west ...
... Reginald Scot , who ridiculed the witch- craft delusion , made a long roster of other means by which every " doting old woman " thought she affected the weather . Scot listed casting a flint stone over the left shoulder toward the west ...
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