Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book provides a selection of studies on witchcraft and demonology by those involved in an interdisciplinary research group begun in Hungary thirty years ago. They examine urban and rural witchcraft conflicts from early modern times to the present, from a region hitherto rarely taken into consideration in witchcraft research. Special attention is given to healers, midwives, and cunning folk, including archaic sorcerer figures such as the taltos; whose ambivalent role is analysed in social, legal, medical and religious contexts. This volume examines how waves of persecution emerged and declined, and how witchcraft was decriminalised. Fascinating case-studies on vindictive witch-hunters, quarrelling neighbours, rivalling midwives, cunning shepherds, weather magician impostors, and exorcist Franciscan friars provide a colourful picture of Hungarian and Transylvanian folk beliefs and mythologies, as well as insights into historical and contemporary issues.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Gabor Klaniczay • Eva Pocs
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 50mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	412
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-54755-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Witchcraft
LSN:	3-319-54755-0
Barcode:	9783319547558

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