Elliot Rose

Chasing the Wild 

Bouquets and buckles 

Elliot Rose's aim in this book is to look at the religious troubles of the Elizabethan age from the point of view of those who were not anxious to be martyrs.

Alternatives Open to Recusants and Puritans Under Elizabeth 1 and James 1

Cases of Conscience

"First published in 1962, Elliot Rose's A Razor for a Goat is a study of witchcraft as a religion, whether the religion was a form of pagan survival or a depraved Christian (or anti-Christian) heresy. Rose surveyed witch-scares, fairy folklore, 'ritual' deaths, the Canon Episcopi, and goliards for evidence for witchcraft, and to make some suggestions about the reality behind the popular beliefs on witchcraft societies and Sabbats. One of the first studies to debunk the dominant theory of the time that witchcraft had been an organized pre-Christian religion, A Razor for a Goat is listed on many anthropology, religion, and history course bibliographies. This reprint has a ten-page foreword by Richard Kieckhefer that gives a historiographical examination of the importance of this book, and situates it within the discipline today. Closely reasoned, and written with a rare wit, A Razor for a Goat is a classic study and excellent survey of the literature and history of witchcraft."--GoogleBooks 1989 ed.

A Discussion of Certain Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism

A Razor for a Goat

Originally published in 1962, Elliot Rose's A Razor for a Goat was one of the first studies to debunk the dominant theory of the time that witchcraft had been an organized pre-Christian religion. A new introduction situates it within the discipline today.

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