Werewolves, Witches, and Wandering Spirits: Traditional Belief and Folklore in Early Modern Europe

Bringing together scholars from Europe, America, and Australia, this volume explores the more fantastic elements of popular religious belief: ghosts, werewolves, spiritualism, animism, and of course, witchcraft. These traditional religious beliefs and practices are frequently treated as marginal in...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
Series:Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies 62
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Summary:Bringing together scholars from Europe, America, and Australia, this volume explores the more fantastic elements of popular religious belief: ghosts, werewolves, spiritualism, animism, and of course, witchcraft. These traditional religious beliefs and practices are frequently treated as marginal in more synthetic studies of witchcraft and popular religion, yet Protestants and Catholics alike saw ghosts, imps, werewolves, and other supernatural entities as populating their world. Embedded within notarial and trial records are accounts that reveal the integration of folkloric and theological elements in early modern spirituality. Drawing from extensive archival research, the contributors argue for the integration of such beliefs into our understanding of late medieval and early modern Europe
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (264 pages)
ISBN:9780271091099
DOI:10.1515/9780271091099

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