Desperate magic : the moral economy of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Russia /

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In the courtrooms of seventeenth-century Russia, the great majority of those accused of witchcraft were male, in sharp contrast to the profile of accused witches across Catholic and Protestant Europe in the same period. While European courts targeted and executed overwhelmingly female suspects, ofte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kivelson, Valerie A. (Valerie Ann) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Temas:
1600-1699
Witchcraft > Russia > History > 17th century.
Magic > Social aspects > Russia > History > 17th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) > Russia > History > 17th century.
Sorcellerie > Russie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Procès (Sorcellerie) > Russie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Magic > Social aspects
Social conditions
Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft
Russia > Social conditions > 17th century.
Russia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Witchcraft historiography : Russia's divergence
  • "Report on this matter to us in Moscow, fully and in truth" : documentation and procedure
  • Muscovite prosaic magic and the devil's pale shadow
  • Love, sex, and hierarchy : the role of gender in witchcraft accusations
  • Undivided spheres : gender and idioms of magic
  • "To treat me kindly" : negotiating excess in Muscovite hierarchical relations
  • Trials, justice and the logic of torture.

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