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Fearful spirits, reasoned follies : the boundaries of superstition in late medieval Europe / Michael D. Bailey.
LIBRA GR135 .B35 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bailey, Michael David, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Superstition--Europe--History.
- Superstition.
- Superstition--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Superstition--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 295 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- 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?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801451447
- 0801451442
- OCLC:
- 808245121
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