Robert Muchembled is Professor of History at Universite PariWilliam Monter is Emeritus Professor of History at North-wess XIII. He specialises in the social and cultural history oftern University. He is an internationally renowned early-mod Western Europe, especially France. His publications in Englern social historian who has worked on a wide variety of subish include A History of the Devil from the Middle Ages to tjects, including witchcraft, the Inquisition, women's historhe Present (2004). y, and perceived deviance, with special reference to France,...