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Montague Summers

English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves.

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British writer (1880-1948)

Born 1880
Died 1948

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  • Cover of: The history of witchcraft and demonology.
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  • Cover of: Vampire in Europe
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  • Cover of: Witchcraft and black magic
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  • Cover of: Geography of Witchcraft

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  • Cover of: A bibliography of the restoration drama.
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    First published in 1934 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A popular history of witchcraft
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    First published in 1937 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The supernatural omnibus: being a collection of stories of apparitions, witchcraft, werewolves, diabolism, necromancy, satanism, divination, sorcery, goetry, voodoo, possession, occult, doom and destiny
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  • Cover of: A gothic bibliography.
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  • Cover of: The Discovery of Witches: A Study of Master Matthew Hopkins Commonly Called Witch Finder General 1647

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  • Cover of: The Gothic quest: a history of the Gothic novel.

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  • Cover of: The history of witchcraft
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  • Cover of: The Nightmare Reader
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  • Cover of: The restoration theatre.
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  • Cover of: The physical phenomena of mysticism: with especial reference to the stigmata, divine and diabolic.
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  • Cover of: The history of witchcraft and demonology
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    First published in 1926 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Malleus maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger.
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  • Cover of: The playhouse of Pepys.
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British writer (1880-1948)

Born 1880
Died 1948

Subjects

Witchcraft, History, English drama, History and criticism, Demonology, Vampires, Bibliography, English Ghost stories, Ghost stories, English Horror tales, English Short stories, English fiction, General, Horror tales, Horror tales, English, Theater, Werewolves, Biography, Critics, Early works to 1800, English Fantasy fiction, English poetry, Gothic revival (Literature), Histoire, Magic

Places

England, Great Britain, Europe

People

M. G. Lewis (1775-1818), Montague Summers (1880-1948), Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683), William D'Avenant Sir (1606-1668), Anthony of Padua, Saint (1195-1231), Berenice, C. K. Ogden (1889-1957), Catherine of Siena, Saint (1347-1380), Egaeus, Lear King of England (Legendary character), Matthew Hopkins, Matthew Hopkins (-1647), Matthew Hopkins (d. 1647), Sade marquis de (1740-1814), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Time

Restoration, 1660-1700, 18th century, 1625-1800, 17th century, 19th century, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Montagu Summers
  • Montague Summer
  • Montague SUMMERS
  • Augustus Montague Summers

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 3, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris Add full name and brief bio
March 3, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import