Description
This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
- An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
- Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages.
- The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society at large.
- Draws on a wealth of examples, from the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the films of Stanley Kubrick.
About the Author
Robert Muchembled is a professor of history at the University of Paris XIII.
Reviews
"Only on one level a history of the Devil; on a deeper level it is a history of the shifting and fluctuating status the Devil has occupied in Western culture ... a valuable book, once one has recognized its unusual intentions."
Richard Kieckhefer, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Book Information
ISBN 9780745628158
Author Robert Muchembled
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 644g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 158mm * 32mm
