About the author
Bengt Ankarloo was a Swedish historian and professor at Lund University known for his scholarship on European witchcraft and magic. He co-edited the multi-volume series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe with Stuart Clark, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press (originally Athlone Press), which combined political, legal, and social history with cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies across six volumes. His contributions span Biblical and Pagan Societies, the Middle Ages, and the Period of the Witch Trials, tracing how European magical belief and practice developed from antiquity through the era of the witch trials and into the emergence of a shared, and later contested, European concept of magic. The series remains a standard academic reference on the history of European witchcraft.
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💬 What our editors say about Bengt Ankarloo's books
“Ankarloo delivers a dense, scholarly examination that prioritizes legal frameworks and cultural panic over narrative flair. This is not for casual readers seeking ghost stories or simple historical timelines; it requires patience…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witch Trials - Ingram Academic Ankarloo, Bengt
“Ingram Academic Ankarloo presents a dense, scholarly excavation of magical beliefs, offering valuable insights into the mundane utility of spells in Mesopotamia and the political implications of magic in ancient societies.…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Societies - Ingram Academic Ankarloo, Bengt
“Ankarloo and Clark deliver a meticulously researched academic tome that is indispensable for serious students of history and religion. However, casual readers or those seeking accessible, narrative-driven occult guides will…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 2: Ancient Greece and Rome - Ingram Academic Ankarloo, Bengt
📋 Editions by Bengt Ankarloo in the catalog
| Edition | Year | Publisher | Pages | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witc | — | University of Pennsylvania | 224 | 9780812217872 |
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Soc | — | University of Pennsylvania | 152 | 9780812217858 |
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 2: Ancient Greece and Rom | 1999 | University of Pennsylvania | 384 | 9780812217056 |
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages - Ingr | — | University of Pennsylvania | 304 | 9780812217865 |
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5: The Eighteenth and Nin | 1999 | University of Pennsylvania | 288 | 9780812217063 |
| Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century | 1999 | University of Pennsylvania | 256 | 9780812217070 |
| Early Modern European Witchcraft: Centres and Peripheries Ankarl | 1993 | OUP Oxford | 490 | 9780198203889 |
