Beyond the witch trials; witchcraft and magic in enlightenment Europe.0719066603 Beyond the witch trials; witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. and magic in enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. Europe. Ed. by Owen Davies Owen Davies is a reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire. His main field of research is on the history of modern and contemporary witchcraft and magic. and Willem de Blecourt. Manchester U. Pr. 2004 211 pages $74.95 Hardcover BF1584 Ten essays from scholars representing a variety of academic disciplines explore the nature of witchcraft and magic in European society during the Enlightenment. Sample topics include grimoires and the dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there of magical knowledge in Enlightenment Germany; witchcraft and the symbolics of hierarchy in Finland; and the aftermath of the witch-hunt in Dalarna, Sweden. Davies teaches history at the U. of Hertfordshire, and de Blecourt is affiliated with the Huizinga Institute of Cultural History in Amsterdam. Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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