Introduction

Folk Medicine as Part of a Larger Concept Complex

Healing Charms in Use in England and Wales, 1700--1950

From Cunning Man to Natural Healer

Historians as Demonologists: The Myth of the Midwife Witch

Witch Doctors, Soothsayers, and Priests. On Cunning Folk in European Historiography and Tradition

On the Trail of the Witches: Wise Women, Midwives and the European Witch Hunts

The Rational Witchfinder: Conscience, Demonological Naturalism, and Popular Superstitions

Witchcraft and Popular Religion in Early Modern Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Magical Healing, Love Magic, and the Inquisition in Late Sixteenth-Century Modena

The Church, the Devil and the Healing Activities of Living Saints in the Kingdom of Naples after the Council of Trent

Witchcraft Beliefs and Social Control in Seventeenth-Century Malta

Magic, Popular Medicine, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century Mexico: The Case of Isabel de Montoya

Witchcraft in Portugal during the Eighteenth Century, Analysed through the Accusations of the Tribunal do Santo Oficio de Evora

Shamanistic Elements in Central European Witchcraft

Indian Shamans and English Witches in Seventeenth-Century New England

Shaman, Healer, Witch. Comparing Shamanism with Franconian Folk Magic

Acknowledgments