Other figures remain unaltered, however for example, the estimate that there may have been as few as 1,500 executions in Britain. For the Kingdom of France, the estimate falls from 4,000 to 3,000.
German executions fall from 30,000 or more to between 20,000 and 25,000. There are similar alterations to many regional estimates made later in the book. Responding to this, Levack reduces his overall estimate from 60,000 executions (given in the first two editions) to around 45,000 executions across Europe in the early modern period. As careful research into specific hunts has flourished, the number of those thought to have been executed as witches has generally declined. Perhaps the most substantial alteration, made in the general introduction to the topic of the witch hunts that begins the book, is a reduction in the estimate of the total number of victims of witch trials in Europe.
While new information is scattered throughout, the main lines of argument and interpretation remain unchanged, a testament to how effective this book has been through all its editions. What is remarkable, given how much work has been done on witchcraft in that period, is how little Levack has needed to alter his book. In the preface to the new edition, Levack tells his readers that his purpose in updating the book was to take into account the flood of scholarly publications in the decade since the second edition. With an excellent third edition, it is set to continue its dominance for years to come.
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