Reading the Salem Witch Child

Kristina West

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Introduction: The child as witch.- 1. 'Bitch witches': Reading 'affliction' in the Salem witch narratives.- 2. The case of Dorcas Good: accuser and ac... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book provides a selection of studies on witchcraft and demonology by those involved in an interdisciplinary research group begun in Hungary thirt... Lees meer

Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book examines the fairies, demons, and nature spirits haunting the margins of Christendom from late-antique Egypt to early modern Scotland to con... Lees meer

Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This volume is a collection based on the contributions to witchcraft studies of Willem de Blécourt, to whom it is dedicated, and who provides the open... Lees meer

Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America

J Dillinger

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Crossing Boundaries examines experimental novels about travel by William Gaddis and Thomas Pynchon as precursors of innovative contemporary travel nar... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book provides a selection of studies on witchcraft and demonology by those involved in an interdisciplinary research group begun in Hungary thirt... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment

Lizanne Henderson

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottis... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ... Lees meer

Charms, Charmers and Charming

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagasca... Lees meer

Urban Magic in Early Modern Spain

M Tausiet

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Drawing on the graphic and revealing evidence recorded by the different courts in early modern Saragossa, this book captures the spirit of an age when... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Belief in Early Modern Scotland

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This pioneering collection concentrates on witchcraft beliefs rather than witch-hunting. It ranges widely across areas of popular belief, culture and ... Lees meer

Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic

A Butler

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals, institutions and literatur... Lees meer

Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book brings together twelve studies that collectively provide an overview of the main issues of live interest in Scottish witchcraft. As well as ... Lees meer

Werewolf Legends

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book brings together contributions from anthropologists and folklorists on werewolf legends from all over Europe. Ranging from broad overviews to... Lees meer

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy

Liana Saif

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Investigating the impact of Arabic medieval astrological and magical theories on early modern occult philosophy, this book argues that they provided a... Lees meer

Werewolf Legends

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book brings together contributions from anthropologists and folklorists on werewolf legends from all over Europe. Ranging from broad overviews to... Lees meer

Classical Culture and Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

Marina Montesano

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book explores the relationships between ancient witchcraft and its modern incarnation, and by doing so fills an important gap in the historiograp... Lees meer

Women and Gender Issues in British Paganism, 1945-1990

Shai Feraro

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book explores the ways in which changing views on gender and the place of women in society during the latter half of the twentieth century affect... Lees meer

Women and Gender Issues in British Paganism, 1945-1990

Shai Feraro

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book explores the ways in which changing views on gender and the place of women in society during the latter half of the twentieth century affect... Lees meer

Werewolf Histories

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It... Lees meer

Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief

Catharina Raudvere

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This books explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara , in Scandinavian folk belief. What began as observations of some startling narrati... Lees meer

Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Men and masculinities are still inadequately incorporated into the historiography of early modern witch trials, despite the fact that 20-25% of all ac... Lees meer

Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America

J Dillinger

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• The first comprehensive history of magical treasure hunting from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, revealing a magical universe of treasure spirits... Lees meer

Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, m... Lees meer