01910cam a22003613u 4500 60766 UtSlPG 20260610134412.0 m cr n 260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 19020291 UtSlPG en iso639-1 BF Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599 The Discoverie of Witchcraft Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2019 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discoverie_of_Witchcraft Release date is 2019-11-22 Produced by David Starner, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Discoverie of Witchcraft" by Reginald Scot is a book published in 1584, intended as an exposé of early modern witchcraft. Scot argued that prosecuting accused witches was irrational and un-Christian, blaming the Roman Church for perpetuating these beliefs. The work also contains the first published material on stage magic, revealing how charlatans deceived the public. This controversial book influenced Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and sparked decades of heated theological debate, with King James VI calling Scot's opinions "damnable." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800 Demonology -- Early works to 1800 Magic -- Early works to 1800 Nicholson, Brinsley, 1824-1892 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60766 101592 101592