by Julio Caro Baroja · Ediciones del Prado, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478383917
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«Las brujas y su mundo» is the anthropological study by Julio Caro Baroja, published by Ediciones del Prado in paperback (377 pages, in Spanish).
The work traces witchcraft as a social and historical phenomenon: it examines magical beliefs and their function in past and contemporary societies, the transition from paganism to Christianity, sorcery, demonic possession and the crime of witchcraft, as well as its persecution and its revision in the Enlightenment. It includes a bibliography on the subject.
Volume 5 of the Biblioteca Temática Alianza collection, with subtitle «Un estudio antropológico de la sociedad en una época oscura», in a 1993 edition.
Recommended for those who want to research the history of witchcraft, the Inquisition and cultural anthropology.
Julio Caro Baroja was a Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist. He was known for his special interest in Basque culture, Basque history and Basque society. Of Basque ancestry, he was the nephew of the renowned writer Pio Baroja and his brother, painter, writer and engraver Ricardo Baroja. He is buried in the family plot of the cemetery of Bera, Navarre, near their home, Itzea.
