Between the living and the dead : a perspective on witches and seers in the early modern age / Éva Pócs ; translated by Szilvia Rédey and Michael Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pócs, Éva, author.

Contributor:

Rédey Szilvia, translator.

Webb, Michael, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Europe--History.

Witchcraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Éva Pócs, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on the history of folk beliefs connected with communication and the supernatural sphere. In this book, she examines the relics of European shamanism in early modern sources, and the techniques and belief-systems of mediators found in the records of witchcraft trials from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The book explores the various communication systems known to early modern Hungarians, describes the role of these systems in everyday village life, and shows how they were connected to contemporary European systems, as well as new types of mediators and systems which function right up to the twentieth century. Representing a major contribution to the most up-to-date international research, Eva Pócs draws on significant East European material and literature not previously co-ordinated with that from the West.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. The Limitations and Potential of the Documentary Sources

2. General Conditions for Communication with the Supernatural

3. The Belief Figure of the Witch

4. The Malefactor Witch

5. The Alternative World of the Witches' Sabbat

6. The Healing Witch

7. The Enemies of the Witch: Seers, Magicians, and Healers

Afterword

Bibliography

Documentary Sources

Abbreviations

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-184).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-71849-3

9786155225307

978-6-15522-530-7

615-5225-30-3

9781003718499

OCLC:

47009647