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Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
. Ed(S): Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm; Toivo, Raisa Maria
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Description for Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Hardback. Editor(s): Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm; Toivo, Raisa Maria. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 349 pages, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 606.
This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside constructed chronological boundaries, and in doing so aims to achieve a clearer picture of what ‘went before’, as well as what ‘came after’. Thus the volume demonstrates continuity as well as change in the concepts and understandings of magic, heresy and witchcraft. In addition, the geographical pattern of similarities and diversities suggests a comparative approach, transcending confessional as well as national borders. Throughout the medieval and early modern period, the orthodoxy of ... Read more
This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside constructed chronological boundaries, and in doing so aims to achieve a clearer picture of what ‘went before’, as well as what ‘came after’. Thus the volume demonstrates continuity as well as change in the concepts and understandings of magic, heresy and witchcraft. In addition, the geographical pattern of similarities and diversities suggests a comparative approach, transcending confessional as well as national borders. Throughout the medieval and early modern period, the orthodoxy of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319323848
SKU
V9783319323848
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About . Ed(S): Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm; Toivo, Raisa Maria
Louise Nyholm Kallestrup is Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark. She has published widely on Danish and Italian witchcraft. Raisa Maria Toivo is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland. She has published widely on witchcraft, gender and the Reformation.
Reviews for Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
“The strengths of the book is the way in which the contributors highlight the beliefs and practices which fell into grey areas between acceptance and condemnation. … the book … offer a wide variety of case-studies of the ways in which orthodoxy and unorthodoxy interacted across the period.” (Catherine Rider, English Historical Review HER, Vol. 134 (566), February, 2019) ... Read more