Witchcraft continued: Popular magic in modern Europe

Titel: Witchcraft continued: Popular magic in modern Europe
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Veröffentlicht: [S.I.]œ : Manchester University Press, 2004
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 9780719066580
  • Introduction: Witchcraft continued
  • A case of witchcraft assault in early nineteenth-century England as ostensive action
  • Witchcraft, witch doctors and the fight against 'superstition' in nineteenth-century Germany
  • The witch and the detective: Mid-Victorian stories and beliefs
  • Narrative and the social dynamics of magical harm in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Finland
  • Boiling chickens and burning cats: Witchcraft in the western Netherlands 1850-1925
  • Witchcraft accusations in France 1850-1990
  • Magical healing in Spain (1875-1936): Medical pluralism in the search for hegemony
  • Witchcraft, healing and vernacular magic in Italy
  • Curse, maleficium, divination: Witchcraft on the borderline of religion and magic
  • Spooks and Spooks: Black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland 1973-74
  • Index