"e;The Vampire - His Kith and Kin"e; is a 1928 work by English clergyman and author Montague Summers. Within it, Summers discusses the vampire phenomena from a Catholic point of view, offering an a veritably academic study of the subject. Contents include: "e;The Origins of the Vampire"e;, "e;The Generation of the Vampire"e;, "e;The Traits and Practice of Vampirism"e;, "e;The Vampire in Assyria, the East, and Some Ancient Countries"e;, and "e;The Vampire in Literature"e;. Augustus Montague Summers (1880 - 1948) was an English clergyman and author most famous for his studies on vampires, witches and werewolves-all of which he believed to be very much real. He also wrote the first English translation of the infamous 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the "e;Malleus Maleficarum"e;, in 1928. Other notable works by this author include: "e;A Popular History of Witchcraft"e; (1937), "e;Witchcraft and Black Magic"e; (1946), and "e;The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism"e; (1947).
| ISBN: | 9781528788922 |
| Publication date: | 20th February 2020 |
| Author: | Summers, Montague |
| Publisher: | Read Books Ltd. |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |