The uses of supernatural power : the transformation of popular religion in medieval and early-modern Europe

The uses of supernatural power the transformation of popular religion in medieval and early-modern Europe

This book of essays is concerned with aspects of religion, magic, and witchcraft in medieval and early-modern Europe, with particular reference to Central Europe. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological work including that of Elias, Geertz, Bakhtin, and Turner, the author gives special...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Klaniczay, Gábor (-)
Otros Autores: Margolis, Karen, Singerman, Susan
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton (New Jersey) : Princeton University Press cop. 1990
Materias:
Brujería > Europa > s. VII-XV.
Magia > Europa > s. VII-XV.
Herejes > Europa > s. VII-XV.
Iglesia > Historia > Edad Media.
Supersticiones > Edad Media.
Europa central > Historia > s. VII-XV.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The carnival spirit
  • Religious movements and Christian culture
  • Fashionable beards and heretic rags
  • From sacral kingship to self-representation
  • Legends as life-strategies for aspirant saints in the later Middle Ages
  • The cult of dynastic saints in central Europe
  • Shamanistic elements in central European witchcraft
  • Witch-hunting in Hungary
  • The decline of witches and the rise of vampires under the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy.

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