Timeline
Lifetime:
1538 -
1599
Passed: ≈
425 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Reginald Scot
Books by Reginald Scot
Discoverie of Witchcraft
History
Non-Fiction
Religion
History
Skepticism
Beliefs
Magic
Superstition
Renaissance
Folklore
Witchcraft
Demonology
Early Modern Europe
Discoverie of Witchcraft is a seminal work in the history of witchcraft studies. Published in 1584, it was one of the first books to challenge the prevailing belief in witchcraft and to argue that witches were not real. Scot's book was based on exten...