Witchcraft Mythologies and Persecutions

Published by Central European University Press 2008

Witchcraft Mythologies and Persecutions

Edited by: Gábor Klaniczay and Éva Pócs

In the series Demons, Spirits, Witches

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211508

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About this book

This third, concluding volume of the series publishes 14 studies and the transcription of a round-table discussion on Carlo Ginzburg's Ecstasies. The themes of the previous two volumes, Communicating with the Spirits, and Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology, are further expanded here both as regards their interdisciplinary approach and the wide range of regional comparisons. While the emphasis of the second volume was on current popular belief and folklore as seen in the context of the historical sources on demonology, this volume approaches its subject from the point of view of historical anthropology. The greatest recent advances of witchcraft research occurred recently in two fields: (1) deciphering the variety of myths and the complexity of historical processes which lead to the formation of the witches' Sabbath, (2) the micro-historical analysis of the social, religious, legal and cultural milieu where witchcraft accusations and persecutions developed. These two themes are completed by some further insights into the folklore of the concerned regions which still carries the traces of the traumatic historical memories of witchcraft persecutions.

Author / Editor information

Klaniczay Gábor :

Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University.

Pócs Éva :

Éva Pócs is Professor emeritus at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Hungary.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Gábor Klaniczay and Éva Pócs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Mythologies
The Concept of the Witches’ Sabbath in the Alpine Region (1430–1440) Text and Context Martine Ostorero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Round-table discussion with Carlo Ginzburg, Gustav Henningsen, Éva Pócs, Giovanni Pizza and Gábor Klaniczay Carlo Ginzburg, Gustav Henningsen, Éva Pócs, Giovanni Pizza and Gábor Klaniczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Learned Systems and Popular Narratives of Vision and Bewitchment Gábor Klaniczay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Late Medieval Witch Mythologies in the Balkans Adelina Angusheva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Child Witches and the Construction of the Witches’ Sabbath: The Swedish Blåkulla Story Per Sörlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Part II. Legal Mechanisms, Social Contexts
Part II Legal Mechanisms, Social Contexts River Ordeal—Trial by Water—Swimming of Witches: Procedures of Ordeal in Witch Trials Péter Tóth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
How to Make a (Legal) Pact with the Devil? Legal Customs and Literacy in Witch Confessions in Early Modern Hungary Ildikó Kristóf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
Healing at the Jagiellonian Court Anna Brzezińska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Following the Traces of Xenophobia in Muscovite Witchcraft Investigation Records Polina Melik Simonian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Trial of an Honest Citizen in Nagybánya 1704–1705; A Tentative Microanalysis of Witchcraft Accusations Judit Kis-Halas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Boundaries and Transgressions: Witchcraft and Community Conflict in Estonia During the Late Nineteenth Century Daniel Ryan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Part III. Witchcraft and Folklore
Extraordinary Children, Werewolves, and Witches in Portuguese Folk Tradition Francisco Vaz da Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Reflections of Folk Belief and Legends at the Witch Trials of Estonia Ülo Valk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Witches and Priests in the Bulgarian Village: Past and Present Iveta Todorova-Pirgova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Witchcraft in Eastern Slovenia Mirjam Mencej Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 358
Keywords: Conference; Demonology; Folklore; Persecutions; Witchcraft

eBook

Published: May 10, 2008
ISBN: 9786155211508