| Book Review | Journal of World History, 14.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to the Journal of World History online. About 184 words from this article are provided below; about 659 words remain.

If you are a subscriber to the Journal of World History, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a subscriber to the Journal of World History, you can:: • subscribe here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of the Journal of World History.
Instititutions can:: • Subscribe to the journal and receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | Journal of World History, 14.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Witches of the Atlantic World: A Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook. Edited by ELAINE G. BRESLAW. New York and London: New York University Press, 2000. xiv + 550 pp. $65.00 (cloth); $25.00 paper.

The proliferation of literature on the subject of witchcraft has encouraged the publication of numerous anthologies of scholarly articles. This edition by Elaine G. Breslaw is distinctive in two respects. First, it combines primary and secondary sources, a somewhat unusual editorial approach first used in this field by William Monter in European Witchcraft (New York, 1969). The advantage of including both types of sources is mainly pedagogical: it gives students a sampling of original documents and treatises while at the same time offering them examples of how scholars have used those materials in their work. The challenge for the editor who arranges an anthology like this is to coordinate the two very different types of sources. Breslaw is attentive to this need, although some of her primary source documents, most notably Reginald Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), receive only passing references in the selections by scholars.

. . .

There are about 659 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.