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.
Author: Robert Muchembled
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 01/16/2004
Pages: 349
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.98w x 1.05d
ISBN13: 9780745628165
ISBN10: 0745628168
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
- Religion | Demonology & Satanism
- Social Science | Sociology of Religion
About the Author
Robert Muchembled is a professor of history at the University of Paris XIII.
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