Richard Kieckhefer

European Witch Trials (RLE Witchcraft) (eBook, ePUB)

Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is concerned with distinguishing between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. The author has developed his own methodology for distinguishing popular from learned concepts, which provides adequate substantiation for the acceptance of some documents and the rejection of others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136807596
• Artikelnr.: 38270174

Autorenporträt

Richard Kieckhefer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Chronological Survey 3. Distinction of Popular
and Learned Traditions 4. The Content of Popular Tradition 5. The
Imposition of Learned Notions 6. The Social Context of Witch Trials 7.
Conclusion. Calendar of Witch Trials. List of Abbreviated Titles. Notes.
Addenda. Index.