An introduction to European alchemy and a history of the practise of witchcraft and magic from the fourteenth century through to the seventeenth century.

William H. Davenport Adams presents the work of magicians and astrologers from fourteenth-century England through to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First published in 1889, this volume gives historical accounts of witchcraft and records of witch trials.

Featuring the following chapters:

– The English Magicians

– Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary

– The Story of Dr. John Dee

– The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly

– Witches and Witchcraft

– Early History of Witchcraft in England

– The Decline of Witchcraft in England

– The Literature of Witchcraft