For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.
For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicion and accusation, finally confessing under torture to the most heinous of crimes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Michael Ostling received his doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. Widely published on the topics of witchcraft, magic, other-than-human persons, and ethnobototany, he is co-editor of the internationally recognized journal Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and editor of the online Database of Witch Trials in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1500-1800 (forthcoming). Ostling teaches interdisciplinary humanities in the Honors College at Arizona State University, where he attempts to practice a radical pedagogical approach inspired by Polish statesman and philosopher Jacek Kurö.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: At the crossroads Part I. History 1: Contexts 2: Imagining witchcraft in literature and law 3: A winding road to the stake 4: Mechanisms of justice Part II. Religion 5: Healing and Harming 6: Stealing the sacred 7: Broken bodies 8: Piety in the torture chamber Part III. Demonology 9: A candle for the devil 10: Demon lovers 11: Translating the Devil Conclusion Appendix: Polish witch trials 1511-1775 Bibliography
Introduction: At the crossroads Part I. History 1: Contexts 2: Imagining witchcraft in literature and law 3: A winding road to the stake 4: Mechanisms of justice Part II. Religion 5: Healing and Harming 6: Stealing the sacred 7: Broken bodies 8: Piety in the torture chamber Part III. Demonology 9: A candle for the devil 10: Demon lovers 11: Translating the Devil Conclusion Appendix: Polish witch trials 1511-1775 Bibliography
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