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9780812217872: Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: The Period of the Witch Trials
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ISBN 10 : 081221787X ISBN 13 : 9780812217872
Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002

Synopsis

Each volume in the series Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies. The series, complete in six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present day.

Most European prosecutions for the crime of witchcraft occurred between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, with the peak coming in the hundred years after 1560. This volume brings together the large amount of recent scholarship on witchcraft of this period and provides a novel analysis of the trials by considering the legal systems involved. Witch hunts, methods of torture, and the scientific interest in magic spells and demonology as an intellectual pursuit are also covered in detail.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.

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Éditeur
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081221787X
ISBN 13 
9780812217872
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Éditeur
Ankarloo Bengt, Clark Stuart
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Personne responsable
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