Home›Sources›Brian P. Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (4th ed., 2016)SourcesBrian P. Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (4th ed., 2016)Routledge, 2016Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Brian P. Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (4th ed., 2016)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/levack-witch-hunt-early-modern-europe-2016.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Brian P. Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (4th ed., 2016). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/levack-witch-hunt-early-modern-europe-2016Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-brian-p-levack-the-witch-hunt-in-early-m, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Brian P. Levack, The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (4th ed., 2016)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/levack-witch-hunt-early-modern-europe-2016}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA standard academic history of European witch persecution by historian Brian P. Levack, now in its fourth edition, examining the scale, causes and regional variation of early modern witch trials across the continent.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (5 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1 1Peer-reviewed academic historian at the University of Texas at Austin. This is the standard English-language reference work on the European witch trials, now in its fourth edition since first publication in 1987.NotesWell-attestedLevack situates the traditional total of around 900 executions across the Prince-Bishopric of Wurzburg under Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg (1623 to 1631) against the smaller number independently documented within the city itself, and cautions that the higher figure descends from confessional-era Catholic accounts with their own reasons to inflate the tally. 1CitationAuthorWell-attestedBrian P. Levack 1PublisherWell-attestedRoutledge 1Publication YearWell-attested2016 1URLWell-attestedhttps://www.routledge.com/The-Witch-Hunt-in-Early-Modern-Europe/Levack/p/book/9781138808102 1Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monograph 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 2 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicReligious Events, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested2Religious EventsThe Würzburg Witch TrialsScholarly debate2Religious EventsThe Würzburg Witch TrialsGeneral References1Religious EventsThe Würzburg Witch TrialsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year