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
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| Titolo: |
The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft [[electronic resource] ] : theology and popular belief / / Hans Peter Broedel
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| 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- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in early modern European history.