The History of Witchcraft and Demonology

Montague Summers’ *The History of Witchcraft and Demonology* is a strongly opinionated historical study that treats witchcraft as a real and serious subject within a Catholic-inflected worldview. Historically notable for its influence on early 20th-century occult scholarship and countercurrents to modern skepticism, it contains extensive references to trials, beliefs, rituals, and demonological texts.

Montague Summers (1880–1948) was an English writer and clergyman best known for his widely read studies of witchcraft, vampirism, and supernatural belief. His works, including *The History of Witchcraft and Demonology* and *The Vampire: His Kith and Kin*, helped shape 20th-century occult and supernatural literature, combining antiquarian scholarship with a strongly Catholic interpretive framework.