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Jan 1, 1915 — Jan 1, 2007· 92 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR

Norman Rufus Colin Cohn

Also known as: Norman Cohn

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4.8
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London, United Kingdom
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In the second century after Christ the Christian communities in the Roman Empire - still small and scattered groups - were the object of strange suspicions and accusations.

— from Europe's inner demons, 1975

Most acclaimed

#1

Europe's inner demons

1975

5.0 (1)

An examination of the fantasies that inspired the great European witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries. Europe's Inner Demons is a fascinating history of the irrational need to imagine witches and an investigation of how those fantasies made the persecutions of the middle ages possible. In addition, Norman Cohn's discovery that some influential sources on European witch trials were forgeries has revolutionized the field of witchcraft, making this one of the most essential books ever written on the subject. --from book description, Amazon.com.

#2

Cosmos, chaos, and the world to come

1993

5.0 (1)

"In this book, the author of the classic work The Pursuit of the Millennium investigates the origins of apocalyptic faith - the belief in a perfect future, when the forces of good are victorious over the forces of evil. Norman Cohn takes us back two thousand years to the world views of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, the innovations of Iranian and Jewish prophets and sages, and the earliest Christian imaginings of heaven on earth, and he illuminates a major turning point in the history of human consciousness. For this second edition, the final chapter on Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians has been wholly rewritten and extended."--Jacket.

#3

En Pos del Milenio / In Pursuit of the Milennium

1994

4.5 (2)

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