LEADER 03892nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910465562403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-155526-6 010 $a1-282-50194-1 010 $a9786612501944 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295014 035 $a(EBL)497642 035 $a(OCoLC)609859881 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000022244 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497642 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497642 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372134 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250194 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295014 100 $a20100113d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aEnchanted Europe$b[electronic resource] $esuperstition, reason, and religion, 1250-1750 /$fEuan Cameron 210 $aOxford, England ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (486 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-925782-5 311 $a0-19-169847-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; PART I. DISCERNING AND CONTROLLING INVISIBLE FORCES: THE IMAGE OF 'SUPERSTITION' IN THE LITERATURE; 1. The Problems of Pre-modern Life; 2. A Densely Populated Universe; 3. Helpful Performances: The Uses of Ritual; 4. Insight and Foresight: Techniques of Divination; PART II. THE LEARNED RESPONSE TO SUPERSTITIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: ANGELS AND DEMONS; 5. The Patristic and Early Medieval Heritage; 6. Scholastic Demonology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; 7. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Consensus 327 $a8. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Difference and Disagreement9. The Pastoral Use of the Scholastic Critique of Superstitions; PART III. SUPERSTITIONS IN CONTROVERSY: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATIONS; 10. Some Renaissance Christian Humanists and 'Superstition'; 11. Magic, the Fallen World, and Fallen Humanity: Martin Luther on the Devil and Superstitions; 12. Prodigies, Providences, and Possession: The Sixteenth-Century Protestant Context; 13. The Protestant Critique of Consecrations: Catholicism as Superstition 327 $a14. The Reformed Doctrine of Providence and the Transformation of the Devil15. Reformed Catholicism: Purifying Sources, Defending Traditions; PART IV. THE COSMOS CHANGES SHAPE: SUPERSTITION IS REDEFINED; 16. Demonology Becomes an Open Subject in the Seventeenth Century; 17. Defending the 'Invisible World': The Campaign against 'Saducism'; 18. Towards the Enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aSince the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called 'superstitious' by educated elites. For centuries religious believers used 'superstition' as a term of abuse to denounce another religion that they thought inferior, or to criticize their fellow-believers for practising their faith 'wrongly'. From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, scholars argued over what 'superstition' was, how to identify it, and how to persuade people 606 $aSuperstition$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aOccultism$zEurope$xHistory 607 $aEurope$xReligion 607 $aEurope$xCivilization$xMedieval influences 607 $aEurope$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSuperstition$xHistory. 615 0$aOccultism$xHistory. 676 $a398.2094 700 $aCameron$b Euan$0153677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465562403321 996 $aEnchanted Europe$92133391 997 $aUNINA