Description |
1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Limitations and Potential of the Documentary Sources -- 2. General Conditions for Communication with the Supernatural -- 3. The Belief Figure of the Witch -- 4. The Malefactor Witch -- 5. The Alternative World of the Witches' Sabbat -- 6. The Healing Witch -- 7. The Enemies of the Witch: Seers, Magicians, and Healers -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Documentary Sources -- Abbreviations |
Summary |
Éva Pócs, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on the history of folk beliefs connected with communication and the supernatural sphere. In this book, she examines the relics of European shamanism in early modern sources, and the techniques and belief-systems of mediators found in the records of witchcraft trials from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The book explores the various communication systems known to early modern Hungarians, describes the role of these systems in everyday village life, and shows how they were connected to contemporary European systems, as well as new types of mediators and systems which function right up to the twentieth century. Representing a major contribution to the most up-to-date international research, Eva Pócs draws on significant East European material and literature not previously co-ordinated with that from the West |
Analysis |
Anthropology, Cultural studies, Early modern Europe, Folklore, Witchcraft |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Magick Studies.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Witchcraft & Wicca.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Witchcraft
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Volksgeloof.
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Het Bovennatuurlijke.
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Heksen.
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Sorcellerie -- Europe.
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Europe
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0585358370 |
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9780585358376 |
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9786155225307 |
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6155225303 |
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