A collection of essays from leading scholars in the field that collectively study the rise and fall of witchcraft prosecutions in the various kingdoms and territories of Europe and in English, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies in the Americas. The essays in this collection succeed well in representing the field in its rich complexity, regional variation and historical contours. The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft offers a broad historiographical entrée into witchcraft studies ... as well as an up-to-date glimpse into the debates and claims of the field for scholars seeking a reliable and suitably deep overview ... this volume ranks among the best.