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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813707003321

Autore

Bever Edward Watts Morton

Titolo

The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in early modern Europe : culture, cognition, and everyday life / / Edward Bever

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2008

ISBN

1-282-05026-5

9786612050268

0-230-58211-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic

Disciplina

133.4/3094

Soggetti

Witchcraft - Europe - History

Magic - Europe - History

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. 504-557) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.