00921nam a22002291i 450099100054740970753620021016105906.0021016s1988 uik|||||||||||||||||eng b12020862-39ule_instARCHE-011066ExLDip.to Filologia Ling. e Lett.itaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.Kenyon, Olga449319Women novelists today :a survey of English writing in the seventies and eighties /Olga KenyonBrighton :The harvester press,1988VII, 186 p. ;21 cmDonnaNarrativa.b1202086202-04-1401-04-03991000547409707536LE008 FL.M. (IN) C 22712008000299217le008-E0.00-l- 00000.i1230949701-04-03Women novelists today142352UNISALENTOle00801-04-03ma -enguik0102248nam 2200493 450 991081797830332120230721014321.01-283-20202-697866132020240-8264-4279-X(CKB)2670000000106655(EBL)742664(OCoLC)741690823(MiAaPQ)EBC5309742(MiAaPQ)EBC742664(Au-PeEL)EBL742664(CaONFJC)MIL320202(EXLCZ)99267000000010665520180316h20072003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPopular magic cunning folk in English history /Owen DaviesLondon, England ;New York, New York :Hambledon Continuum,2007.©20031 online resource (263 p.)Originally published: as Cunning-folk. London: Hambledon and London, 2003.1-84725-036-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 Cunning-Folk and the Law; 2 For Good or Evil?; 3 Who and Why; 4 Services; 5 Books; 6 Written Charms; 7 European Comparisons; 8 Cunning-Folk in the Twentieth Century; Notes; Bibliography; IndexCunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguMagicEnglandHistoryMagicHistory.133.430942Davies Owen1969-800733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817978303321Popular magic4112872UNINA