An introduction to European alchemy and a history of the practise of witchcraft and magic from the fourteenth century through to the seventeenth century. William H. Davenport Adams presents the work of magicians and astrologers from fourteenth-century England through to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. First published in 1889, this volume gives historical accounts of witchcraft and records of witch trials. Featuring the following chapters: - The English Magicians - Roger Bacon: The True and the Legendary - The Story of Dr. John Dee - The Last of the English Magicians: William Lilly - Witches and Witchcraft - Early History of Witchcraft in England - The Decline of Witchcraft in England - The Literature of Witchcraft