Title Oedipus and the Devil : witchcraft, sexuality, and religion in early modern Europe / Lyndal Roper

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1994 London ; New York▼ge-uk us : Routledge, 1994

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Description ix, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Was there a crisis in gender relations in sixteenth-century Germany? -- 3. Will and honour: sex, words and power in Augsburg criminal trials -- 4. Sexual utopianism in the German Reformation -- 5. Blood and codpieces: masculinity in the early modern German town -- 6. Stealing manhood: capitalism and magic in early modern Germany -- 7. Drinking, whoring and gorging: brutish indiscipline and the formation of Protestant identity -- 8. Exorcism and the theology of the body -- 9. Witchcraft and fantasy in early modern Germany -- 10. Oedipus and the Devil Analysis Europe Sex roles History Witchcraft History Australian Popular culture - Europe - History Sex role - Europe - History Witchcraft - Europe - History Notes Includes bibliographical references and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Popular culture -- Europe -- History. Sex role -- Europe -- History. Sex role -- Germany -- History. Sex role -- Germany -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches. Witchcraft -- Europe -- History. Witchcraft -- Germany. Gender Identity -- history Witchcraft -- history. SUBJECT Europe http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 -- Popular culture -- History LC no. 93005903 ISBN 0415088941 hardback 0415105811 paperback 9780415088947 hardback 9780415105811 paperback

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