TY - BOOK AU - Bailey,Michael David TI - Magic and superstition in Europe: a concise history from antiquity to the present SN - 0742533867 (cloth : alk. paper) PY - 2007/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Pub. KW - Magic KW - Europe KW - History KW - Superstition N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-262) and index; Roots in the ancient world -- The rise of Christianity and early medieval Europe to the year 1000 -- Varieties of magic in the High and Late Middle Ages, 1000-1500 -- The medieval condemnation of magic, 1000-1500 -- Witchcraft and witch-hunting in the early modern period, 1500-1800 -- From Renaissance to Enlightenment, 1450-1800 -- Magic in the modern West, from 1800 ER -