TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scot,Reginald
AU  - Nicholson,Brinsley
TI  - The Discoverie of Witchcraft
AV  - BF 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800
KW  - Demonology -- Early works to 1800
KW  - Magic -- Early works to 1800
N1  - 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
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N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60766
ER  -