"Reading Witchcraft, witch-hunting, and politics is a fascinating rollercoaster ride that throws you around and makes you see the history of witchcraft in new ways, if not quite upside-down. It is an experience that is highly recommended for everyone with even the remotest interest in early modern witchcraft." -- Jan Machielsen, Cardiff University, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "Full of fascinating nuggets of information. this is an important, wide-ranging, and scholarly book that will need to be engaged with by all later writers." -- Jaqueline Pearson, The Seventeenth Century "This book is an unmissable addition to and sometimes correction of publications about English witchcraft."--Willem de Blécourt, Church History and Religious Culture "[M]asterfully researched.This book bursts with a wealth of case studies and microhistories that will no doubt assist witchcraft scholars, even if their research does not pivot around politics.Overall, this is a valuable and impressive contribution to current scholarship.

"--Orna Alyagon Darr, Renaissance Quarterly "Meticulously researched, this is a must read for students of witchcraft and early modern society in general.Essential."--CHOICE "This is a complex and densely argued academic work, but one that never resorts to opaque jargon.It should be of interest to all studying the religious and social history of the period."--Magonia Review of Books.