Ukrainian witchcraft trials
| Titel: | Ukrainian witchcraft trials : Volhynia, Podolia, and Ruthenia : 17th-18th centuries / Kateryna Dysa |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Budapest; New York : Central European University Press, 2020 |
| Umfang: | x, 254 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9786155053115 ; 9789633867068 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Chapter 1
- Constructing the Ukrainian Witchcraft Trial
- p. 17
- Legal Foundations
- p. 18
- The Queen of Evidence: The Use of Torture and the Figure of the Executioner
- p. 26
- In the Realm of Gossip: The Role of Everyday Communication in the Legal Process
- p. 36
- Actors of the Witchcraft Trials
- p. 44
- Chapter 2
- Ukrainian Orthodox Demonology: The Learned Elite and Perceptions of the Devil and Witches
- p. 51
- Iconography of the Devil, Demons, and Witches
- p. 53
- The Demonic in Ukrainian Orthodox Writings
- p. 60
- Specificities of Demonic Possession and Exorcism
- p. 75
- The Pact with the Devil
- p. 82
- Demonization of Neighbors, Opponents, and Enemies
- p. 88
- Chapter 3
- Beyond the Trials, or the Anatomy of Witchcraft Accusations
- p. 95
- "Peaceful" Coexistence
- p. 96
- Family and Witchcraft
- p. 113
- Inheritance of Witchcraft within the Family
- p. 114
- Accusations within the Family
- p. 122
- Family Support
- p. 127
- Rivalry and Bewitchment
- p. 133
- Dangerous Proximity: Master-Servant Relationships
- p. 141
- Bewitching a Master: Trials about the Bewitchment of Social Superiors
- p. 142
- Demonstration of Loyalty to a Master in Witchcraft Cases
- p. 151
- Subtle Love Matters
- p. 155
- Witchcraft and Medicine: Power to Take Away and Restore Health
- p. 164
- Bewitching Animals, Spoiling Harvests
- p. 180
- Magic Practitioners and Actual Magic Practices
- p. 187
- Local Magic Practitioners
- p. 188
- Amateur Magic Practices
- p. 200
- Chapter 4
- A Case of Witchcraft and Infanticide in Szczurowczyky
- p. 207
- Infanticide in Szczurowczyky: Iewka Stanorycha
- p. 208
- A Witchcraft practitioner: Orzyszka Liczmanicha
- p. 214
- Night Flights and Coven
- p. 217
- Verdicts
- p. 221
- Further Romanticization, Forgetting, and Resurrection of Ukrainian Witches: An Afterword
- p. 227
- Bibliography
- p. 233
- Index
- p. 249
