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Quaife G. R (Geoffrey Robert) |
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Godly zeal and furious rage : the witch in early modern Europe / / G.R. Quaife |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-280-68786-X |
1-136-74026-0 |
9786613664808 |
0-203-81902-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Routledge library editions. Witchcraft ; ; vol. 7 |
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Witchcraft - Europe |
Occultism - Europe |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-224) and index. |
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Cover; Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fact and Fantasy: An Overview; 2. Shaping the Image: The Malleus Tradition and its Critics; 3. Magic and Maleficium; 4. Heresy and the Diabolic Cult; 5. Paganism and Popular Religion; 6. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: I; 7. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: II; 8. Ideology and Authority: The Establishment and Witch Hunting; 9. The Law, Torture and Trial; 10. Defamation, Deception and Corruption; 11. Motivation and the Village Community: I, The witch |
12. Motivation and the Village Community: II. Victims and Accusers13. Dreams, Drugs and Madness: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular beliefs. This work offers a conspectus of historical work on witchcraft in Europe, and shows how many trends converged to form the figure of the witch, and varied from one part of |
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UNINA9910790230503321 |
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Autore |
Quaife G. R (Geoffrey Robert) |
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Titolo |
Godly zeal and furious rage : the witch in early modern Europe / / G.R. Quaife |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68786-X |
1-136-74026-0 |
9786613664808 |
0-203-81902-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Witchcraft ; ; vol. 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Witchcraft - Europe |
Occultism - Europe |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-224) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fact and Fantasy: An Overview; 2. Shaping the Image: The Malleus Tradition and its Critics; 3. Magic and Maleficium; 4. Heresy and the Diabolic Cult; 5. Paganism and Popular Religion; 6. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: I; 7. Gender, Sex and Misogyny: II; 8. Ideology and Authority: The Establishment and Witch Hunting; 9. The Law, Torture and Trial; 10. Defamation, Deception and Corruption; 11. Motivation and the Village Community: I, The witch |
12. Motivation and the Village Community: II. Victims and Accusers13. Dreams, Drugs and Madness: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Though it is clearly an exceptionally important part of popular culture, witchcraft has generated a variety of often contradictory interpretations, starting from widely differing premises about the nature of witchcraft, its social role and the importance of higher theology as well as more popular beliefs. This work offers a conspectus |
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of historical work on witchcraft in Europe, and shows how many trends converged to form the figure of the witch, and varied from one part of Europe to another. |
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