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Autore |
Broedel Hans Peter |
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The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft [[electronic resource] ] : theology and popular belief / / Hans Peter Broedel |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed by Palgrave, 2003 |
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1-78170-041-9 |
1-280-73440-X |
9786610734405 |
1-84779-075-5 |
1-4237-0647-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in early modern European history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Witchcraft - History - To 1500 |
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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 (p. [189]-204) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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- |
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