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Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Period of the Witch Trials - Couverture rigide

Ankarloo, Bengt; Clark, Stuart; Monter, E. William

 
9780485890044: Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Period of the Witch Trials
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0485890046 ISBN 13 : 9780485890044
Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Between the age of St. Augustine and the sixteenth century reformations magic continued to be both a matter of popular practice and of learned inquiry. This volume deals with its use in such contexts as healing and divination and as an aspect of the knowledge of nature's occult virtues and secrets.

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Éditeur
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0485890046
ISBN 13 
9780485890044
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Éditeur
Ankarloo Bengt, Clark Stuart
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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