Godly zeal and furious rage : the witch in early modern Europe / G.R. Quaife.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quaife, G. R. (Geoffrey Robert)

Series:

Routledge library editions. Witchcraft ; 7.

Routledge library editions. Witchcraft ; vol. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Europe.

Witchcraft.

Occultism--Europe.

Occultism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular beliefs. This work offers a conspectus of historical work on witchcraft in Europe, and shows how many trends converged to form the figure of the witch, and varied from one part of Europe to another.

Contents:

Cover; Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fact and Fantasy: An Overview; 2. Shaping the Image: The Malleus Tradition and its Critics; 3. Magic and Maleficium; 4. Heresy and the Diabolic Cult; 5. Paganism and Popular Religion; 6. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: I; 7. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: II; 8. Ideology and Authority: The Establishment and Witch Hunting; 9. The Law, Torture and Trial; 10. Defamation, Deception and Corruption; 11. Motivation and the Village Community: I, The witch

12. Motivation and the Village Community: II. Victims and Accusers13. Dreams, Drugs and Madness: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-224) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-68786-X

1-136-74026-0

9786613664808

0-203-81902-0

9780203819029

OCLC:

804664095