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Godly zeal and furious rage : the witch in early modern Europe /

Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quaife, G. R. (Geoffrey Robert)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fact and Fantasy: An Overview; 2. Shaping the Image: The Malleus Tradition and its Critics; 3. Magic and Maleficium; 4. Heresy and the Diabolic Cult; 5. Paganism and Popular Religion; 6. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: I; 7. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: II; 8. Ideology and Authority: The Establishment and Witch Hunting; 9. The Law, Torture and Trial; 10. Defamation, Deception and Corruption; 11. Motivation and the Village Community: I, The witch.
  • 12. Motivation and the Village Community: II. Victims and Accusers13. Dreams, Drugs and Madness: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.