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Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Kathryn A. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-09
Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe written by Kathryn A. Edwards and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-09 with History categories.
While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or 'magical' worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently explored. Witchcraft, demonology, and debates over pious practices have provided the main avenues for treating those themes, but integrating them with other activities and ideas seen as forming an enchanted Europe has proven to be a much more difficult task. This collection offers one method of demystifying this world of everyday magic. Integrating case studies and more theoretical responses to the magical and preternatural, the authors here demonstrate that what we think of as extraordinary was often accepted as legitimate, if unusual, occurrences or practices. In their treatment of and attitudes towards spirit-assisted treasure-hunting, magical recipes, trials for sanctity, and visits by guardian angels, early modern Europeans showed more acceptance of and comfort with the extraordinary than modern scholars frequently acknowledge. Even witchcraft could be more pervasive and less threatening than many modern interpretations suggest. Magic was both mundane and mysterious in early modern Europe, and the witches who practiced it could in many ways be quite ordinary members of their communities. The vivid cases described in this volume should make the reader question how to distinguish the ordinary and extraordinary and the extent to which those terms need to be redefined for an early modern context. They should also make more immediate a world in which magic was an everyday occurrence.
Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Kathryn A. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Release Date : 2015-11-01
Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe written by Kathryn A. Edwards and has been published by Lund Humphries Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with History categories.
Experiences of magic and witchcraft in the early modern period have often been presented as extraordinary occurrences, when they were, from the perspective of people living during this period, part of a shared and familiar cosmological outlook. By presenting a range of everyday supernatural experiences, from spirit-assisted treasure hunting to magically-assisted recipes, this book will show the extent to which such incidents and the beliefs underlying them have common frames of reference and were accepted as legitimate, if unusual, practices.
The Realities Of Witchcraft And Popular Magic In Early Modern Europe
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Author : E. Bever
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-06-11
The Realities Of Witchcraft And Popular Magic In Early Modern Europe written by E. Bever and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-11 with History categories.
Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
The Magical Universe
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Author : Stephen Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Release Date : 2004
The Magical Universe written by Stephen Wilson and has been published by Bloomsbury Continuum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The universality of the magical beliefs which have existed throughout Europe in the Middle Ages has been hidden by a focus on the sensational aspects of magic, and on witch trials in particular. The Magical Universe shows how magical beliefs and practices permeated all aspects of work and of family life through- out Europe in the Middle Ages, and profoundly influenced the approach of men and women to health and healing, birth, marriage, and death. Magic offered the hope of protection in a dangerous and uncertain world. Shared by the powerful as well as the poor, magical beliefs have lasted remarkably late in many rural areas and have still not completely vanished to this day.
Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Kathryn A. Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-09
Everyday Magic In Early Modern Europe written by Kathryn A. Edwards and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-09 with History categories.
While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an 'enchanted' or 'magical' worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently explored. Witchcraft, demonology, and debates over pious practices have provided the main avenues for treating those themes, but integrating them with other activities and ideas seen as forming an enchanted Europe has proven to be a much more difficult task. This collection offers one method of demystifying this world of everyday magic. Integrating case studies and more theoretical responses to the magical and preternatural, the authors here demonstrate that what we think of as extraordinary was often accepted as legitimate, if unusual, occurrences or practices. In their treatment of and attitudes towards spirit-assisted treasure-hunting, magical recipes, trials for sanctity, and visits by guardian angels, early modern Europeans showed more acceptance of and comfort with the extraordinary than modern scholars frequently acknowledge. Even witchcraft could be more pervasive and less threatening than many modern interpretations suggest. Magic was both mundane and mysterious in early modern Europe, and the witches who practiced it could in many ways be quite ordinary members of their communities. The vivid cases described in this volume should make the reader question how to distinguish the ordinary and extraordinary and the extent to which those terms need to be redefined for an early modern context. They should also make more immediate a world in which magic was an everyday occurrence.
Ritual Myth And Magic In Early Modern Europe
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Author : E. William Monter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Ritual Myth And Magic In Early Modern Europe written by E. William Monter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Male Witches In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Lara Apps
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2003-05-02
Male Witches In Early Modern Europe written by Lara Apps and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-02 with History categories.
This book critiques historians’ assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. It shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition, and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challenge the marginalization of male witches by feminist and other historians.
A History Of Science Magic And Belief
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Author : Steven P. Marrone
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-12-11
A History Of Science Magic And Belief written by Steven P. Marrone and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-11 with History categories.
A History of Science, Magic and Belief is an exploration of the origins of modern society through the culture of the middle ages and early modern period. By examining the intertwined paths of three different systems for interpreting the world, it seeks to create a narrative which culminates in the birth of modernity. It looks at the tensions and boundaries between science and magic throughout the middle ages and how they were affected by elite efforts to rationalise society, often through religion. The witch-crazes of the sixteenth and seventeenth century are seen as a pivotal point, and the emergence from these into social peace is deemed possible due to the Scientific Revolution and the politics of the early modern state. This book is unique in drawing together the histories of science, magic and religion. It is thus an ideal book for those studying any or all of these topics, and with its broad time frame, it is also suitable for students of the history of Europe or Western civilisation in general.
Magic Science And Religion In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Mark A. Waddell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Magic Science And Religion In Early Modern Europe written by Mark A. Waddell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with History categories.
An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.
Witchcraft And Magic In Europe Volume 3
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Author : Bengt Ankarloo
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2002-03-12
Witchcraft And Magic In Europe Volume 3 written by Bengt Ankarloo and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-12 with History categories.
During the Middle Ages a shared European concept of magic emerged. In the early period, pagan beliefs and practices were absorbed into everyday culture, including the rituals of the Church. The rise of the practice of "white magic" in the twelfth century became so popular that it caused a widespread determination in the Church to condemn any unsanctioned beliefs or practices. The Church and state, both centralized powers in a decentralized Europe, gradually sharpened their attitude toward magic in general, and sorcery and witchcraft in particular, paving the way for the violent outbreaks of witch persecutions in early modern Europe. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies. The series, complete in six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present day. Each volume of this ambitious six-volume series contains the work of distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular era or region.