The Witch

This is a dense, academic read, not recommended for the layperson unaccustomed to academia. The conclusion almost lost me, with its incredibly long, compounded sentences and few paragraph breaks. It felt like the author was taking a last stand at the lectern and wasn't taking too many breaths.

An absolutely excellent academic overview of the history and historiography of witch beliefs, placed in a world context. Highly recommend if you have an interest, particularly in early modern European witch beliefs, and have a passing knowledge of the history and historiography. (Although it's not required, you'd get more from Hutton's critique of the developments and trends in witchcraft historiography if you knew the works of [a:Richard Kieckhefer 184604 Richard Kieckhefer https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png], [a:Carlo Ginzburg 40230 Carlo Ginzburg https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1392573232p2/40230.jpg], [a:Norman Cohn 53186 Norman Cohn https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png], [a:Robin Briggs 41776 Robin Briggs https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], [a:Lyndal Roper 223364 Lyndal Roper https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png], to name just a few titans.)