Witchcraft, Sorcery and Superstition is one of the truly great sociological works of modern times. Michelet describes vivid pictures of the witch hunts, the Black Masses, the reign of Satan, and the weird rites of the damned.Here is an age of unbridled pleasure and sensuality, of luxury beyond imagining, and of squalor beyond endurance.
It was a time when a girl might be accused of witchcraft merely because she was young and pretty and did not survive the test of immersion in water or boiling oil... a day of beatings, floggings, tortures, and summary decapitations.
Starting from the fourth century, Michelet meticulously explains the history, background, and origin of each sacrament and ritual, leaving readers thoroughly occupied with this fantastical world of superstition, paranoia, and perhaps the paranormal. Intermingling history with a gripping narrative, this enchanting piece will have readers immersed in the world of magic.