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…mehr
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian P. Levack is John Green Regents Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. A former Guggenheim Fellow, his other writings on witchcraft include Articleson Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology (1992), TheWitch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe (1995), and Witchcraftand Magic in Europe: The Eighteenth and NineteenthCenturies (1999). Dr. Levack is also a specialist in the history of early modern England and Scotland, and has written several books on the subject.
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Vandermeersch Patrick. The Victory of Psychiatry over Demonology: The Origins of the Nineteenth-Century Myth. History of Psychiatry 2 (1991). Geyer-Kordesch Johanna. Whose Enlightenment? Medicine Witchcraft Melancholia and Pathology. In Roy Porter ed. Medicine in the Enlightenment (Atlanta GA: Rodopi Bv Editions 1995). Henningsen Gustav. Witchcraft Prosecutions After the End of the Era of the Witch Trials: A Contribution to Danish Ethnology. ARV Scandinavian Yearbook of Folklore 44 (1988). Fiume Giovanna. The Old Vinegar Lady or the Judicial Modernization of the Crime of Witchcraft. In Edward Muir and Guido Ruggiero eds. History from Crime (Selections from Quaderni Storici) (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 1994). Brims John. The Ross-Shire Witchcraft Case of 1822. Review of Scottish Culture 5 (1989). MacGrath Thomas. Fairy Faith and Changelings: The Burning of Bridget Cleary in 1895. Studies 71 (1982). Schiffmann Aldona Christina. The Witch and Crime: The Persecution of Witches in Twentieth-Century Poland. ARV Scandinavian Yearbook of Folklore 43 (1987). Davies Owen. Methodism the Clergy and the Popular Belief in Witchcraft and Magic. History 82 (1997). Corrêa de Melo Maria Christina. Witchcraft in Portugal during the Eighteenth Century Analysed Through the Accusations of the Tribunal Santo Oficio de Évora. Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 303 (1992). Bushaway B. 'Tacit Unsuspected but Still Implicit Faith': Alternative Belief in Nineteenth-Century Rural England. In T. Harris ed. Popular Culture in England c. 1500-1850 (Houndmills UK: Pagrave 1995). Davies Owen. Urbanization and the Decline of Witchcraft: An Examination of London. Journal of Social History 30 (1997). Davies Owen. Hag-Riding in Nineteenth-Century West Country England and Modern Newfoundland: An Examination of an Experience-Centered Witchcraft Tradition. Folk Life 35 (1996-97). Worobec C.D. Witchcraft Beliefs in Pre-Revolutionary Russi and Ukrainian Villages. Russian Review 54 (1995). Harring Sidney L. Red Lilac of the Cayugas: Traditional Indian Laws and Culture Conflict in a Witchcraft Trial in Buffalo New York 1930. New York History 73 (1992). Sebald Hans. Nazi Ideology Redefining Deviants: Witches Himmler's Witch-Trial Survey and the Case of the Bishopric of Bamberg. Deviant Behaviour 10 (1989). Davies Owen. Newspapers and Popular Belief in Witchcraft and Magic in the Modern Period. Journal of British Studies 37 (1998) Sebald Hans. Justice by Magic: Witchcraft as Social Control Among Franconian Peasants. Deviant Behavior 7 (1986). Niehaus Isak A. The ANC's Dilemma: The Symbolic Politics of Three Witch-Hunts in the South African Lowveld 1990-1995. African Studies Review 41 (1998). Geschiere P. Child-Witches Against the Authority of Their Elders: Anthropology and History in the Analysis of Witchcraft Beliefs Among the Maka. In R. Scholfield et al. eds. Man Meaning and History (The Hague the Netherlands: 1980). Fisiy Cyprian F. Containing Occult Practices: Witchcraft Trials in Cameroon. African Studies Review 41 (1998). Meyer Birgit. If You are a Devil You Are a Witch and if You Are a Witch You are a Devil --The Integration of 'Pagan' ideas into the Conceptual Universe of Ewe Christians in Southeastern Ghana. Journal of Religion in Africa 22 (1992).
Vandermeersch Patrick. The Victory of Psychiatry over Demonology: The Origins of the Nineteenth-Century Myth. History of Psychiatry 2 (1991). Geyer-Kordesch Johanna. Whose Enlightenment? Medicine Witchcraft Melancholia and Pathology. In Roy Porter ed. Medicine in the Enlightenment (Atlanta GA: Rodopi Bv Editions 1995). Henningsen Gustav. Witchcraft Prosecutions After the End of the Era of the Witch Trials: A Contribution to Danish Ethnology. ARV Scandinavian Yearbook of Folklore 44 (1988). Fiume Giovanna. The Old Vinegar Lady or the Judicial Modernization of the Crime of Witchcraft. In Edward Muir and Guido Ruggiero eds. History from Crime (Selections from Quaderni Storici) (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 1994). Brims John. The Ross-Shire Witchcraft Case of 1822. Review of Scottish Culture 5 (1989). MacGrath Thomas. Fairy Faith and Changelings: The Burning of Bridget Cleary in 1895. Studies 71 (1982). Schiffmann Aldona Christina. The Witch and Crime: The Persecution of Witches in Twentieth-Century Poland. ARV Scandinavian Yearbook of Folklore 43 (1987). Davies Owen. Methodism the Clergy and the Popular Belief in Witchcraft and Magic. History 82 (1997). Corrêa de Melo Maria Christina. Witchcraft in Portugal during the Eighteenth Century Analysed Through the Accusations of the Tribunal Santo Oficio de Évora. Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 303 (1992). Bushaway B. 'Tacit Unsuspected but Still Implicit Faith': Alternative Belief in Nineteenth-Century Rural England. In T. Harris ed. Popular Culture in England c. 1500-1850 (Houndmills UK: Pagrave 1995). Davies Owen. Urbanization and the Decline of Witchcraft: An Examination of London. Journal of Social History 30 (1997). Davies Owen. Hag-Riding in Nineteenth-Century West Country England and Modern Newfoundland: An Examination of an Experience-Centered Witchcraft Tradition. Folk Life 35 (1996-97). Worobec C.D. Witchcraft Beliefs in Pre-Revolutionary Russi and Ukrainian Villages. Russian Review 54 (1995). Harring Sidney L. Red Lilac of the Cayugas: Traditional Indian Laws and Culture Conflict in a Witchcraft Trial in Buffalo New York 1930. New York History 73 (1992). Sebald Hans. Nazi Ideology Redefining Deviants: Witches Himmler's Witch-Trial Survey and the Case of the Bishopric of Bamberg. Deviant Behaviour 10 (1989). Davies Owen. Newspapers and Popular Belief in Witchcraft and Magic in the Modern Period. Journal of British Studies 37 (1998) Sebald Hans. Justice by Magic: Witchcraft as Social Control Among Franconian Peasants. Deviant Behavior 7 (1986). Niehaus Isak A. The ANC's Dilemma: The Symbolic Politics of Three Witch-Hunts in the South African Lowveld 1990-1995. African Studies Review 41 (1998). Geschiere P. Child-Witches Against the Authority of Their Elders: Anthropology and History in the Analysis of Witchcraft Beliefs Among the Maka. In R. Scholfield et al. eds. Man Meaning and History (The Hague the Netherlands: 1980). Fisiy Cyprian F. Containing Occult Practices: Witchcraft Trials in Cameroon. African Studies Review 41 (1998). Meyer Birgit. If You are a Devil You Are a Witch and if You Are a Witch You are a Devil --The Integration of 'Pagan' ideas into the Conceptual Universe of Ewe Christians in Southeastern Ghana. Journal of Religion in Africa 22 (1992).
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