Magic Tales and Fairy Tale Magic

R Bottigheimer

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology,... Lees meer

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

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Provides a methodological and conceptual agenda for the study of cultures of witchcraft in Europe since the Middle Ages Applies themes and approaches ... Lees meer

The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation

Ceri Houlbrook

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book traces the history of ritual landscapes in the British Isles, and the transition from religious practice to recreation, by focusing on a hig... Lees meer

Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

• Paperback | 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

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

Styrian Witches in European Perspective

Mirjam Mencej

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• The book provides a comprehensive exploration of witchcraft beliefs and practices in the rural region of Eastern Slovenia. Based on field research con... 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

American Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970-2000

Sarah A Hughes

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book examines the "satanic panic" of the 1980s as an essential part of the growing relationship between tabloid media and American conservative p... Lees meer

The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe

E Bever

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging ... Lees meer

Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters

• Hardcover | 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

Witchcraft and Magic in Ireland

Andrew Sneddon

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This is the first academic overview of witchcraft and popular magic in Ireland and spans the medieval to the modern period. Based on a wide range of u... 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

Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America

J Dillinger

• Hardcover | 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

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

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

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

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Provides a methodological and conceptual agenda for the study of cultures of witchcraft in Europe since the Middle Ages Applies themes and approaches ... Lees meer

Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book explores the manifold ways of knowing-and knowing about- preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabi... Lees meer

Satanism, Magic and Mysticism in Fin-De-Siècle France

R Ziegler

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siècle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of intere... Lees meer

Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits

• Hardcover | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Considers the historical relationship between Christianity and 'small gods', including fairies, demons and nature spiritsBrings together scholarship f... Lees meer

Styrian Witches in European Perspective

Mirjam Mencej

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• The book provides a comprehensive exploration of witchcraft beliefs and practices in the rural region of Eastern Slovenia. Based on field research con... Lees meer

Faith and Magic in Early Modern Finland

Raisa Maria Toivo

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Early modern Finland is rarely the focus of attention in the study of European history, but it has a place in the context of northern European religio... 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 Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment

Lizanne Henderson

• Hardcover | 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

Premodern Beliefs and Witch Trials in a Swedish Province, 1669-1672

Göran Malmstedt

• Paperback | Engels | Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• This book examines the worldview and perceptions of reality that formed the setting for the witch trials held in the Swedish province of Bohuslan in 1... Lees meer