Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies : The Boundaries of Superstition in Late Medieval Europe /

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"Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind--praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bailey, Michael David, 1971- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Katholische Kirche
Europa
Wissenschaft
Magie
Aberglaube
Superstition > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Superstition.
Civilization, Medieval.
Medicine, Medieval.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Medecine medievale.
Civilisation medievale.
Superstitions > Aspect religieux > Église catholique > Histoire.
Superstitions > Europe > Histoire.
History, Medieval
Catholicism > history
Superstitions > history
Superstition > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
Superstition > Europe > History.
Europe.
Europe
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : the meanings of medieval superstition
  • The weight of tradition
  • Superstition in court and cloister
  • The cardinal, the confessor, and the chancellor
  • Dilemmas of discernment
  • Witchcraft and its discontents
  • Toward disenchantment?

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