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The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe : Culture, Cognition and Everyday Life / by E. Bever.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bever, Edward.
- Series:
- Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, 2731-5649
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- History, Modern.
- Social history.
- Religions.
- Europe--History--1492-.
- European History.
- Cultural History.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Comparative Religion.
- History of Early Modern Europe.
- Local Subjects:
- European History.
- Cultural History.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- Comparative Religion.
- History of Early Modern Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
- Contents:
- The varieties of maleficium
- Maleficium and society
- The devil in the Duchy of Wurttemberg
- Witch dances and witch salves
- Sorcery, satanism, and shamanism
- Divination and prophesy
- Beneficent manipulative magic
- Magic and society.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 504-557) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612050268
- 9781282050266
- 1282050265
- 9780230582118
- 0230582117
- OCLC:
- 334886715
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