Author: Stuart Clark
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4
Author: Stuart Clark
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The fifteenth to eighteenth centuries was a period of witchcraft prosecutions throughout Europe and modern scholars have now devoted a huge amount of research to these episodes. This volume will attempt to bring this work together by summarising the history of the trials in a new way - according to the types of legal systems involved. Other topics covered will be the continued practical use made of magic, the elaboration of demonological theories about witchcraft and magic, and the further development of scientific interests in natural magic through the 'Neoplatonic' and 'Hermetic' period.Amongst the topics included here are Superstition and Belief in high and popular culture, the place of Medicine, Witchcraft survivals in art and literature, and the survival of Persecution.>
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4
Author: Bengt Ankarloo
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A compact survey of the European witch craze of the early modern period—a craze that later spilled over to America.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A compact survey of the European witch craze of the early modern period—a craze that later spilled over to America.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5
Author: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890054
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The end of the eighteenth century saw the end of the witch trials everywhere. This volume charts the processes and reasons for the decriminalisation of witchcraft but also challenges the widespread assumption that Europe has been 'disenchanted'. For the first time surveys are given of the social role of witchcraft in European communities down to the end of the nineteenth century and of the continued importance of witchcraft and magic as topics of debate among intellectuals and other writers>
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0485890054
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The end of the eighteenth century saw the end of the witch trials everywhere. This volume charts the processes and reasons for the decriminalisation of witchcraft but also challenges the widespread assumption that Europe has been 'disenchanted'. For the first time surveys are given of the social role of witchcraft in European communities down to the end of the nineteenth century and of the continued importance of witchcraft and magic as topics of debate among intellectuals and other writers>
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe. 4. The Period of the Witch Trials
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1
Author: Frederick H. Cryer
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This volume, chronologically the first in the six-volume series, deals with the societies of the ancient Near East.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This volume, chronologically the first in the six-volume series, deals with the societies of the ancient Near East.
The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe
Author: E. Bever
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230582117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230582117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6
Author: Bengt Ankarloo
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Topics include modern pagan witchcraft, Satanism, and the continued existence of traditional witchcraft.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Topics include modern pagan witchcraft, Satanism, and the continued existence of traditional witchcraft.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe. 6. The Twentieth Century
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3
Author: Karen Louise Jolly
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Covers the rise of "white magic" & Christian persecution of sorcery.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Covers the rise of "white magic" & Christian persecution of sorcery.
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5
Author: Bengt Ankarloo
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Topics include the decline of the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812217063
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Topics include the decline of the witchcraft trials and the role of witchcraft and magic in enlightenment, romantic, and liberal thought.