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Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe
Alison . Ed(S): Rowlands
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Hardback. Men -- as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed -- are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France. Editor(s): Rowlands, Alison. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France.
Men – as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed – are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230553293
SKU
V9780230553293
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About Alison . Ed(S): Rowlands
WILLEM DE BLÉCOURT Honorary Research Fellow, the Huizinga Institute and the Meertens Institute, The Netherlands ROBIN BRIGGS Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, UK OSCAR DI SIMPLICIO former Professor of Modern History, the University of Florence, Italy JONATHAN DURRANT Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, the University of Glamorgan, UK SARAH FERBER Senior Lecturer in ... Read more
Reviews for Witchcraft and Masculinities in Early Modern Europe
'There are two popular modern conceptions about the witchcraft trials of the early modern period, the idea that they were a sort of gender war launched by patriarchal males against women, and an older idea that they represented the hangover from medieval superstition. This book explicitly challenges the former, and serves to remind us even more clearly how false the ... Read more