The WitchWhy have societies all across the world feared witchcraft? This book delves deeply into its context, beliefs, and origins in Europes history. "Traces the idea of witches far beyond the Salem witch trials to beliefs and attitudes about witches around the world throughout history.Los Angeles Times The Witch came to prominenceand often a painful deathin early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In