Satanism and Witchcraft

The English translation of La Sorcière by the French historian Jules Michelet. In lyrical prose, Michelet portrayed the medieval witch as a rebellious priestess of nature and healer of the oppressed, persecuted by Church and feudal power. Historically unreliable, the book was nevertheless enormously influential on later romantic, feminist and Pagan images of the witch, and is important as a document of reception.