Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5 [[electronic resource] ] : The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

• Autore: Gijswijt-Hofstra Marijke
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 133.4/3/094; 133.409
• Soggetto topico: Demonology -- History -- Sources; Magic -- History -- Sources; Magic, Greek -- History; Magic, Roman -- History; Magic; Witchcraft -- Greece -- History; Witchcraft -- History -- Sources; Witchcraft -- Rome -- History; Social Sciences; Parapsychology & Occult Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LevackBrian PorterRoy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; PART 1: THE DECLINE AND END OF WITCHCRAFT PROSECUTIONS; PART 2: WITCHCRAFT AFTER THE WITCH-TRIALS; PART 3: WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN ENLIGHTENMENT, ROMANTIC AND LIBERAL THOUGHT; Conclusion: Secularization; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The end of the eighteenth century saw the end of the witch trials everywhere. This volume charts the processes and reasons for the decriminalisation of witchcraft but also challenges the widespread assumption that Europe has been 'disenchanted'. For the first time surveys are given of the social role of witchcraft in European communities down to the end of the nineteenth century and of the continued importance of witchcraft and magic as topics of debate among intellectuals and other writers
• Titolo autorizzato: Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 5
• ISBN: 1-283-19950-5; 9786613199508; 0-567-42440-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461063903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe