Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-289) and index.
Fashioning a new visual language for witchcraft -- The transformation of sorcery and magic in the fifteenth century -- Witches' cauldrons and women's bodies -- Wild riders, popular folklore and moral disorder -- Transformation, death and sexuality in the classical world -- A biblical necromancer and two Christian saints -- Reporting the news and reading the signs -- On the margins of Christian Europe