JEAN BODIN: On the Demon-Mania of Witches / Publication of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Ren/Ref Texts in Translation # 7 ( De la demonomanie des sorciers ) by Bodin, Jean; Translated By Randy A Scott; Introduction By Jonathan L Pearl (Notes By both) General Editor - Nicholas Terpstra / Series Editor - John McClelland - 1995

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies / CRRS Publications, 1995, 1sr CRRS Edition, First Printing , 1995. ----------softcover, a Fair to Good example only, looks quite nice but there is hi-liting and marginalia throughout the text, corner clip on the contents page, small pen mark on front endpaper, 218 pages, ---"Jean Bodin’s On the Demon-Mania of Witches (De la demonomanie des sorciers) was published in 1580 and quickly became one of the most widely read and translated works on witchcraft in Europe. Bodin (1529/30-1596), a lawyer and scholar, was greatly admired by his contemporaries. His works on politics, history and religion, especially his encyclopaedic Les six livres de la république (1576), contributed ideas and theories that have continued to attract the attention of researchers in a wide range of disciplines. The Demon-Mania is a passionately argued treatise on the reality and dangers of magic and witchcraft, which Bodin saw as a growing threat to the state. His treatise also makes detailed recommendations to judges for the effective prosecution of witchcraft cases. Professor Pearl’s introduction to the text situates it in the full context of Bodin’s thought and the historical experience of his age. The notes by the editors give the reader access to Bodin’s vast network of theological, classical, historical and legal sources. The Demon-Mania, appearing here in its first English translation, provides sharp insights into the mentality of a complex and bitterly divided age"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good (see description). Illus. by Mario Guazzo Cover Art . 6w x 9h Inches.