| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages) |
| Series |
Middle Ages series.
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| Contents |
Witchcraft and the past -- Magic and witchcraft in daily life -- Narrating magic, sorcery, and witchcraft -- Medieval mythologies -- Witchcraft, magic, and the law -- Witchcraft, sorcery, and gender -- Epilogue: the medieval legacy |
| Summary |
Stephen A. Mitchell offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia, drawing on extensive sources ranging from the Icelandic sagas to those much less familiar to the nonspecialist: legal cases, church frescoes, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and surviving runic spells |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-352) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Magic -- Scandinavia -- History
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Witchcraft -- Scandinavia -- History
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Medicine, Medieval.
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Witchcraft -- history
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Magic -- history
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History, Medieval
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History, Early Modern 1451-1600
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Medicine, Medieval
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Magic
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Witchcraft
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| SUBJECT |
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries |
| Subject |
Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010022016 |
| ISBN |
9780812203714 |
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0812203712 |
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1283890224 |
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9781283890229 |
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