William H. Davenport Adams

An introduction to European alchemy and a history of the practise of witchcraft and magic from the fourteenth century through to the seventeenth century.

William H. Davenport Adams presents the work of magicians and astrologers from fourteenth-century England through to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First published in 1889, this volume gives historical accounts of witchcraft and records of witch trials.

Featuring the following chapters:

- The English Magicians
- Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary
- The Story of Dr. John Dee
- The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly
- Witches and Witchcraft
- Early History of Witchcraft in England
- The Decline of Witchcraft in England
- The Literature of Witchcraft

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