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Introduction brings information on the methodology of the research and relates historical data on witchcraft in Slovenia—from the trials, over the nineteenth and twentieth century—with the recent fieldwork data.
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Mencej, M. (2017). Introduction. In: Styrian Witches in European Perspective. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37250-5_1
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