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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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Autore: Broedel Hans Peter Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft [[electronic resource] ] : theology and popular belief / / Hans Peter Broedel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press
New York, : Distributed by Palgrave, 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
Disciplina: 133.4309024
Soggetto topico: Witchcraft - History - To 1500
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 1-78170-041-9
1-280-73440-X
9786610734405
1-84779-075-5
1-4237-0647-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783231703321
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Serie: Studies in early modern European history.