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Fearful Spirits, Reasoned FolliesMichael D. Bailey

Superstitions & Folk Belief

Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies

The Boundaries of Superstition in Late Medieval Europe

by Michael D. Bailey

Bailey examines how fifteenth-century theologians tried to distinguish acceptable devotion from superstition and demonic magic. The book links these debates to the emerging idea of witchcraft and to later disenchantment.

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