Front matter
SCEPTICISM AND BELIEF IN ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT DRAMA, 1538-1681 LO
ERIC PUDNEY
LUND UNIVERSITY
Contents
Acknowledgements page vii A note on references and abbreviations ix
1 Scepticism in the Renaissance 10 Sceptics and believers 14 Evidence, authority, and ridicule 19 Histories and stories: facts, fictions, and lies 27 Rhetorical scepticism 33 Submerged scepticism 40 Protestant scepticism and the origins of witchcraft drama 45
2 Witchcraft in Elizabethan drama 58 Gender, scepticism, and magic in Elizabethan England 61 Fedele and Fortunio: the female witch as male magician 77 Classical witches and Elizabethan prophecy 81 The Golden Asse and early modern witchcraft 89 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: witchcraft without witches 97 Joan of Arc, Margery Jourdain, and the historical witch 103 Magic and demonology in Dr Faustus and its competitors 110
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