Daemonologie
Sign in to saveDaemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books, usually known as Daemonologie, is as a philosophical dissertation by James VI and I on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic, first published in 1597. It was reprinted in 1603 when James took the throne of England. The widespread consensus is that King James wrote Dæmonologie in response to sceptical publications such as Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft.
Key facts
- Book.name
- Dæmonologie
- Book.image
- File:James I; Daemonologie, in forme of a dialogue. Title page. Wellcome M0014280.jpg
- Book.caption
- Title page of a 1603 reprinting
- Book.author
- James VI and I
- Book.country
- England
- Book.language
- English
- Book.series
- 3 books and a news pamphlet in one volume.
- Book.genre
- Occult, religion, philosophy, dissertation, Socratic dialogue
- Book.release_date
- 1597
- Book.media_type
- Book.preceded_by
- Newes from Scotland (1591)
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11 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Character
- Book One
- Book Two
- Book Three
- ''Newes from Scotland''
- Cultural significance
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogue, Divided into three Books, usually known as Daemonologie, is as a philosophical dissertation by James VI and I on contemporary necromancy and the historical relationships between the various methods of divination used from ancient black magic, first published in 1597. It was reprinted in 1603 when James took the throne of England. The widespread consensus is that King James wrote Dæmonologie in response to sceptical publications such as Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft.
Dæmonologie included a study of demonology and the methods demons used to bother troubled men. The book frames witchcraft as "treason against God" and endorses the practice of witch hunting.
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