Witchcraft And Hysteria In Elizabethan London

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Witchcraft And Hysteria In Elizabethan London

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Author : Michael MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1991

Witchcraft And Hysteria In Elizabethan London written by Michael MacDonald and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Case studies categories.

Reassesses and sets in its historical context Jorden's famous pamphlet. In his introduction, Michael MacDonald provides an analysis of the politics of credulity and scepticism in early modern England and Jorden's part in them.

Medicine And Magic In Elizabethan London

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Author : Lauren Kassell
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-02-01

Medicine And Magic In Elizabethan London written by Lauren Kassell and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-01 with History categories.

Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. He stood apart from the medical elite because he was not formally educated and because he represented, and boldly asserted, medical ideas that were antithetical to those held by most learned physicians. He survived the plague, was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions, distilled strong waters made from beer, herbs, and sometimes chemical ingredients, pursued the philosopher's stone in experiments and ancient texts, and when he was fortunate spoke with angels. He wrote compulsively, documenting his life and protesting his expertise in thousands of pages of notes and treatises. This highly readable book provides the first full account of Forman's papers, makes sense of his notorious reputation, and vividly recovers the world of medicine and magic in Elizabethan London.

Demon Possession In Elizabethan England

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Author : Kathleen R. Sands
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2004-10-30

Demon Possession In Elizabethan England written by Kathleen R. Sands and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-30 with History categories.

In October of 1563, 18-year old Anne Mylner was herding cows near her home when she was suddenly enveloped by a white cloud that precipitated a months-long illness characterized by sleeplessness, loss of appetite, convulsions, and bodily swelling. Mylner's was the first of several cases during the reign of Elizabeth I of England that were interpreted as demon possession, a highly emotional experience in which an afflicted person displays behavior indicating a state of religious distress. To most Elizabethans, belief in Satan was as natural as belief in God, and Satan's affliction of mankind was clearly demonstrated in the physical and spiritual distress displayed by virtually every person at some point in his or her life. This book recounts 11 cases of Elizabethan demon possession, documenting the details of each case and providing the cultural context to explain why the diagnosis made sense at the time. Victims included children and adults, servants and masters, Catholics and Protestants, frauds and the genuinely ill. Edmund Kingesfielde's wife, possessed by a demon who caused her to hate her children and to contemplate suicide, was cured when her husband changed his irreverent tavern sign (depicting a devil) for a more seemly design. Alexander Nyndge, possessed by a Catholic demon that spoke with an Irish accent, was cured by his own brother through physical bondage and violence. Agnes Brigges and Rachel Pindar, whose afflictions included vomiting pins, feathers, and other trash, were revealed as frauds and forced to confess publicly, their parents being imprisoned for complicity in the fraud. All these cases attest to a powerful need to ascribe some moral significance to human suffering. Allowing the sufferer to externalize and ultimately evict the demon as the cause of his or her affliction bestowed some measure of hope—no mean feat in a world with such widespread human distress.

Witchcraft And Society In England And America 1550 1750

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Author : Marion Gibson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2006-10-12

Witchcraft And Society In England And America 1550 1750 written by Marion Gibson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-12 with History categories.

A collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, this work provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript. It presents the voices of witches, accusers, ministers, physicians, poets, dramatists, magistrates, and witchfinders from both sides of the Atlantic.

Witchcraft And Belief In Early Modern Scotland

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Author : J. Goodare
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-12-04

Witchcraft And Belief In Early Modern Scotland written by J. Goodare and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-04 with History categories.

This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ritual practice, as well as dealing with intellectual life and incorporating regional and comparative elements.

New Medical Challenges During The Scottish Enlightenment

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Author : Guenter B. Risse
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-08-29

New Medical Challenges During The Scottish Enlightenment written by Guenter B. Risse and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with Medical categories.

New Medical Challenges explores a wide range of social and medical practices, exposing the contradictions and ambiguities found in eighteenth-century Scottish health, science and medicine. The overall picture casts further light on the nature of the Enlightenment as a cultural phenomenon.

Demonology Religion And Witchcraft

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Author : Brian P. Levack
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28

Demonology Religion And Witchcraft written by Brian P. Levack and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with History categories.

Witchcraft and magical beliefs have captivated historians and artists for millennia, and stimulated an extraordinary amount of research among scholars in a wide range of disciplines. This new collection, from the editor of the highly acclaimed 1992 set, Articles on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology , extends the earlier volumes by bringing together the most important articles of the past twenty years and covering the profound changes in scholarly perspective over the past two decades. Featuring thematically organized papers from a broad spectrum of publications, the volumes in this set encompass the key issues and approaches to witchcraft research in fields such as gender studies, anthropology, sociology, literature, history, psychology, and law. This new collection provides students and researchers with an invaluable resource, comprising the most important and influential discussions on this topic. A useful introductory essay written by the editor precedes each volume.

Witchcraft Exorcism And The Politics Of Possession In A Seventeenth Century Convent

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Author : Nicky Hallett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-22

Witchcraft Exorcism And The Politics Of Possession In A Seventeenth Century Convent written by Nicky Hallett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Literary Criticism categories.

Presenting a remarkable set of previously unpublished papers, this book concerns the bewitchment, possession and exorcism of two seventeenth-century nuns living in exile in an English convent in the Spanish Netherlands. The two women left behind an extensive set of personal writing that reveals unprecedented detail about their devotional lives and spiritual states before, during and after exorcism. Unlike other similar cases, here the women write for themselves; for the first time in 350 years this book allows their voices - and their silences - to resound in all their vibrancy. An extensive introduction discusses the politics of piety and possession at a time when exorcism had become increasingly contentious, amidst conflicting claims for rival church reform. The book includes both autobiographical and biographical material, written by the nuns and about them, and casting new light on processes of female self-writing at just the time when the 'modern subject' is often said to have emerged.

Demonology Religion And Witchcraft

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Author : Brian Paul Levack
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2001

Demonology Religion And Witchcraft written by Brian Paul Levack and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Demonology categories.

The Science Of Conjecture

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Author : James Franklin
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-08

The Science Of Conjecture written by James Franklin and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08 with History categories.

The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk.