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Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe - Studies in Culture and Belief (Hardcover, New)
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Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe - Studies in Culture and Belief (Hardcover, New)
Series: Past and Present Publications
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This collection of essays brings together both established figures
and new researchers to offer fresh perspectives on the
ever-controversial subject of the history of witchcraft. Using
Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic as a starting
point, the contributors explore the changes of the last 25 years in
the understanding of early modern witchcraft, and suggest new
approaches, especially concerning the cultural dimensions of the
subject. The study suggests that witchcraft cases must be
understood as power struggles over gender and ideology, as well as
social relationships, with a crucial role played by alternative
representations. It recalls that witchcraft was always a contested
idea, never fully established in early modern culture but much
harder to dislodge than has usually been assumed. The essays are
European in scope, with examples from Germany, France and the
Spanish expansion into the New World, as well as a strong core of
English material.
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