Europe's Inner Demons
by Norman Cohn
Taste attributes: historicaldocumentarypsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeWeighty and realistic: a dark non-fiction book, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
An examination of the fantasies that inspired the great European witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries. Europe's Inner Demons is a fascinating history of the irrational need to imagine witches and an investigation of how those fantasies made the persecutions of the middle ages possible.
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- Norman Cohn
- Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 302
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