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The period of the witch trials /
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Athlone,
2002.
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| Colección: | Witchcraft and magic in Europe ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART 1: WITCH TRIALS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE 1560-1660; Montgaillard, 1643; Features of Continental Witch Trials; Witchcraft and the Reformations; Three-quarters German? European Witch Trials 1560-1660; A German Sonderwegl; 1563: Weyer and Wiesensteig; Germany''s ''Superhunts'' (1586-1639); A Bavarian Sonderweg?; Confessionalism and Appellate Justice in the Empire; The ''Lotharingian Corridor'' and Francophone Witch-hunts; Witch-hunting in the Kingdom of France; Witchcraft and the Mediterranean Inquisitions; Witch-hunting after 1650: New and Old Patterns 49.
- PART 2: WITCH TRIALS IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1450-1700Introduction; The Rise of Government and the Judicial Revolution: Accusatorial versus Inquisitorial Regimes; Consolidation of Patriarchal Social Relations; Development of Theology and Demonology; Social Tensions on the Local Level; The Sixteenth Century; From Sorcery to Witchcraft; Witchcraft by Regions; Conclusion; PART 3: WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EARLY MODERN CULTURE; Chapter 1: Popular Magic; Magic at Work; The Meaning of Magic; Malefidum and Magic; Religious Reformation and Popular Magic; Chapter 2: Demonology; The Literature of Witchcraft.
- Witchcraft and Intellectual HistoryThe Politics of Witchcraft Belief; Languages of Witchcraft; Chapter 3: Intellectual Magic; ''The Greatest Profoundnesse of Natural Philosophic''; Intellectual Magic and the Scientific Revolution; Natural Magic and Demonic Magic; Magic and Politics; Bibliography; Index; A; C; B; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.