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UNINA9910145016003321 |
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Titolo |
Witchcraft continued : popular magic in modern Europe / / edited by Willem de Blecourt and Owen Davies |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-5261-3797-6 |
1-280-73457-4 |
9786610734573 |
1-84779-099-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Manchester Religious Studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BlecourtWillem de |
DaviesOwen <1969-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Witchcraft - Europe - History - 19th century |
Witchcraft - Europe - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: witchcraft continued -- 1. A case of witchcraft assault in early nineteenth-century England as ostensive action -- 2. Witchcraft, witch doctors and the fight against 'superstition' in nineteenth-century Germany -- 3. The witch and the detective: mid-Victorian stories and beliefs -- 4. Narrative and the social dynamics of magical harm in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Finland -- 5. Boiling chickens and burning cats: witchcraft in the western Netherlands, 1850-192 -- 6. Witchcraft accusations in France, 1850-1990 -- 7. Magical healing in Spain (1875-1936): medical pluralism and the search for hegemony -- 8. Witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in Italy -- 9. Curse, maleficium, divination: witchcraft on the borderline of religion and magic --10. Spooks and spooks: black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe. |
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