Witchcraft continued : popular magic in modern Europe /

An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Blécourt, Willem de, Davies, Owen, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester ; Manchester University Press : 2004.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Witchcraft > Europe > History > 19th century.
Witchcraft > Europe > History > 20th century.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Humanities.
Religion and beliefs.
Alternative belief systems.
Occult studies.
HISTORY > General.
Witchcraft
Hexerei
Hekserij.
Magie.
Volksgeloof.
Geschichte 1800-2000.
Europe
Europa
Multi-User.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : witchcraft continued / Willem de Blécourt and Owen Davies
  • A case of witchcraft assault in early nineteenth-century England as ostensive action / Stephen Mitchell
  • Witchcraft, witch doctors and the fight against 'superstition' in nineteenth-century Germany / Nils Freytag
  • The witch and the detective : mid-Victorian stories and beliefs / Susan Hoyle
  • Narrative and the social dynamics of magical harm in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Finland / Laura Stark
  • Boiling chickens and burning cats : witchcraft in the western Netherlands, 1850-1925 / Willem de Blécourt
  • Witchcraft accusations in France, 1850-1990 / Owen Davies
  • Magical healing in Spain (1875-1936) : medical pluralism and the search for hegemony / Enrique Perdiguero
  • Witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in Italy / Sabina Magliocco
  • Curse, maleficium, divination : witchcraft on the borderline of religion and magic / Éva Pócs
  • Spooks and spooks : black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 / Richard Jenkins.

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