Part I. Superstition. Introduction : superstition in late medieval and early modern Europe -- Shaping superstition in late medieval England / K. Kamerick -- For reasoned faith or embattled creed? : religion for the people in early modern Europe / Euan Cameron -- The medieval church and state on superstition, magic and witchcraft : from Augustine to the sixteenth century / Edward Peters -- Part II. Miracles and magic. Introduction : magic and miracle : contested categories -- 'Lying histories fayning false miracles' : magic, miracles and medieval history in Reformation polemic / Helen Parish -- Marvelous facts and miraculous evidence in early modern Europe / Lorraine Daston -- The specific rationality of medieval magic / Richard Kieckhefer -- Part III. Ghosts and apparitions. Introduction : ghosts and apparitions in late medieval and early modern Europe -- Sermons in the sky : apparitions in early modern Europe / Alexandra Walsham -- The role of the ghost-story in mediaeval Christianity / R.A. Bowyer -- Part IV. Witchcraft. Introduction : witchcraft and witch beliefs in medieval and early modern Europe -- Toads and Eucharists : the male witches of Normandy, 1564-1660 / William Monter -- Witchcraft and magic in early modern culture / Stuart Clark -- Witchcraft, female aggression, and power in the early modern community / Edward Bever -- Part V. 'Disenchantment' of Europe? Introduction : the 'disenchantment' of Europe? -- The disenchantment of magic : spells, charms, and superstition in early European witchcraft literature / Michael D. Bailey -- The decline and end of witchcraft prosecutions / Brian P. Levack -- The cessation of miracles / D.P. Walker