1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910146879303321

Autore

Broedel Hans Peter

Titolo

The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft [[electronic resource] ] : theology and popular belief / / Hans Peter Broedel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed by Palgrave, 2003

ISBN

1-78170-041-9

1-280-73440-X

9786610734405

1-84779-075-5

1-4237-0647-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in early modern European history

Disciplina

133.4309024

Soggetti

Witchcraft - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translation; 1 Introduction: contested categories; 2 Origins and arguments; 3 The inquisitors' devil; 4 Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God; 5 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part one; 6 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part two; 7 Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298400203321

Titolo

(Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea / / edited by Johannes H. P. Hackstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-98836-0

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Microbiology Monographs, , 1862-5576 ; ; 19

Disciplina

574.876

Soggetti

Microbiology

Physiology

Cytology

Biochemistry

Cell physiology

Microbial ecology

Animal Physiology

Cell Biology

Biochemistry, general

Cell Physiology

Microbial Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Free-Living Protozoa with Endosymbiotic Methanogens -- Anaerobic Ciliates and Their Methanogenic Endosymbionts -- Symbiotic Methanogens and Rumen Ciliates -- Methanogenic and Bacterial Endosymbionts of Free-Living Anaerobic Ciliates -- Termite Gut Flagellates and Their Methanogenic and Eubacterial Symbionts -- Methanogens in the Digestive Tract of Termites -- Methanogenic Archaea in Humans and Other Vertebrates: An Update -- Methanogens in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Animals -- Syntrophy in Methanogenic Degradation -- Hydrogenosomes -- Evolution of Prokaryote-Animal Endosymbiosis from a Genomics Perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

This updated monograph deals with methanogenic endosymbionts of



anaerobic protists, in particular ciliates and termite flagellates, and with methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of vertebrates and arthropods. Further chapters discuss the genomic consequences of living together in symbiotic associations, the role of methanogens in syntrophic degradation, and the function and evolution of hydrogenosomes, hydrogen-producing organelles of certain anaerobic protists. Methanogens are prokaryotic microorganisms that produce methane as an end-product of a complex biochemical pathway. They are strictly anaerobic archaea and occupy a wide variety of anoxic environments. Methanogens also thrive in the cytoplasm of anaerobic unicellular eukaryotes and in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals and humans. The symbiotic methanogens in the gastrointestinal tracts of ruminants and other “methanogenic” mammals contribute significantly to the global methane budget; especially the rumen hosts an impressive diversity of methanogens. This makes this updated volume an interesting read for scientists and students in Microbiology and Physiology.