Between the Devil and the Host
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-886711-1 (ISBN)
Michael Ostling received his doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. Widely published on the topics of witchcraft, magic, other-than-human persons, and ethnobototany, he is co-editor of the internationally recognized journal Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and editor of the online Database of Witch Trials in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1500-1800 (forthcoming). Ostling teaches interdisciplinary humanities in the Honors College at Arizona State University, where he attempts to practice a radical pedagogical approach inspired by Polish statesman and philosopher Jacek Kuroń.
Introduction: At the crossroads
Part I. History
1: Contexts
2: Imagining witchcraft in literature and law
3: A winding road to the stake
4: Mechanisms of justice
Part II. Religion
5: Healing and Harming
6: Stealing the sacred
7: Broken bodies
8: Piety in the torture chamber
Part III. Demonology
9: A candle for the devil
10: Demon lovers
11: Translating the Devil
Conclusion
Appendix: Polish witch trials 1511-1775
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.01.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | The Past and Present Book Series |
Zusatzinfo | 6 black and white images |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 498 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-886711-5 / 0198867115 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-886711-1 / 9780198867111 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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