Trafficking with Demons : Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000 /

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"Explores magic and how it changes through the first millennium CE, demonstrating that as elites increasingly came to see magic as relatively impotent, the status of women decreased"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rampton, Martha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2019
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in Christianity > Middle Ages
Women in Christianity > Early church
Magic
Women in Christianity > Europe > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Women in Christianity > Europe > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Magic > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Magic > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Magic > Europe > History > To 1500.
Europe
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Magic and its sources in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
  • Demons of the lower air
  • Ritual, demons, and sacred space
  • A thousand vacuous observances
  • Maleficium and traffic with the dead
  • Screech-owl, vampire, moon, and women's magic
  • Sub dio
  • Victimless magic and execrable remedies
  • The awesome power of the woman's craft
  • Demonization of the natural world
  • Superstition and divination questioned
  • Women's magic challenged
  • Magic, women, and the Carolingian court
  • Magic and materia medica

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