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Between the devil and the host : imagining witchcraft in early modern Poland
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostling, Michael, Author.
- Series:
- Past & present book series.
- The past & present book series Between the devil and the host
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witch hunting--History--Poland.
- Witch hunting.
- Occultism--Catholic Church--Religious aspects--Poland.
- Occultism.
- Catholics--Religious identity--History.
- Catholics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Between the devil and the host
- The past & present book series
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches showing how ordinary peasant women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 17, 2012).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191731228 (ebook) :
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