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Christopher, Are you looking at child witches of the 'witch = malevolent magic-worker type' (as in children accused in the European Witch Trials, as seen in recent newspaper reports, and also on your blog), or child witches of the 'witch = fun neopagan and/or harmless fantasy figure' type? ~Caroline. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kimberley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Child witches in Europe and the northern hemisphere > Good question. If one were to include children and adolescents and used > World Health Organization criteria as the basis for an operational > definition the age range would be 0-19 years. > > A definition used for child labout is 5-14 years old. > > For my purposes I think a broader definition is better because child > soldiers are usually defined as being under 18 years old. > > All the best > > Chris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Morgan Leigh" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Child witches in Europe and the > northern hemisphere > > >> Are teenagers children? If so check out Doug Ezzy and Helen Berger's new >> book Teenage Witches. >> >> Regards, >> >> Morgan Leigh >> >> Christopher Kimberley wrote: >>> I'm trying to build a bibliography of references to child witches. I'm >>> familiar to a certain extent with the Edict of Grace when >>> >>> "In the famous witch-hunt in the Basque country in 1610-14, when witches >>> were given freedom to confess with impunity, more than 1300 of the some >>> 1800 individuals who confessed were minors" >>> >>> Levack, Brian P. >>> The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. Harlow, England: Longman >>> Group UK Limited. 1992 >>> >>> An references to child witches in other times and places will be >>> gratefully received. >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Chris >