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An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft
- First published1718
- TraditionWitchcraft & Wicca
- Shelf185 books
A clergyman's survey of English and continental witch trials, written to show how often the accused had been innocent and how unreliable the evidence against them was. It was one of the most influential sceptical works in the generation before the Witchcraft Act of 1735.







