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Emotions in the History of Witchcraft (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions)
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Description for Emotions in the History of Witchcraft (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kounine, Dr. Laura; Ostling, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 321 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, 12 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX5; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 570.
Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present. Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime, rooted in the belief that envy and spite can cause illness or even death. Witch-trials in turn are emotionally driven by the grief of alleged victims and by the fears of magistrates and demonologists.
With examples ranging from Russia to New England, Germany to Cameroon, chapters cover the representation of emotional witches in demonology and art; the gendering of witchcraft as female envy or male rage; witchcraft as a form of bullying ... Read more
Bringing together leading historians, anthropologists, and religionists, this volume examines the unbridled passions of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to the present. Witchcraft is an intensely emotional crime, rooted in the belief that envy and spite can cause illness or even death. Witch-trials in turn are emotionally driven by the grief of alleged victims and by the fears of magistrates and demonologists.
With examples ranging from Russia to New England, Germany to Cameroon, chapters cover the representation of emotional witches in demonology and art; the gendering of witchcraft as female envy or male rage; witchcraft as a form of bullying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137529022
SKU
V9781137529022
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99-15
About N/A
Laura Kounine is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex, and was previously a research fellow at the Centre for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. She is the co-editor of Cultures of Conflict Resolution in Early Modern Europe (2016) and author of the forthcoming Imagining the Witch: Emotions, Gender and Selfhood in Early Modern Germany. ... Read more
Reviews for Emotions in the History of Witchcraft (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions)
“Emotions in the History of Witchcraft is a collection of unusual quality and significance that successfully unites two hitherto separate fields to the enormous enrichment of both. … The collection is essential reading for anyone working within the new sub-discipline of the history of the emotions or the more venerable and ever-vibrant field of witchcraft studies.” (James Brown, European History ... Read more