The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in early modern Europe : culture, cognition, and everyday life /

This book explores the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses. The book complements and challenges existing scholarship, offering unique insights into this murky aspect of early...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bever, Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2008.
Series:Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic.
Subjects:
Witchcraft > Europe > History.
Magic > Europe > History.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire.
European history.
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
Social & cultural history.
Witchcraft.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Witchcraft & Wicca.
History.
Magic
Witchcraft
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The varieties of maleficium
  • Maleficium and society
  • The devil in the Duchy of Wurttemberg
  • Witch dances and witch salves
  • Sorcery, satanism, and shamanism
  • Divination and prophesy
  • Beneficent manipulative magic
  • Magic and society.

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