Witchcraft in the Middle Ages / / Jeffrey Burton Russell.
All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1984 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. The Meaning of Witchcraft
- 2. Witchcraft in History
- 3. The Transformation of Paganism, 300-700
- 4. Popular Witchcraft and Heresy, 700-1140
- 5. Demonology, Catharism, and Witchcraft, 1140-1230
- 6. Antinomianism, Scholasticism, and the Inquisition, 1230-1300
- 7. Witchcraft and Rebellion in Medieval Society, 1300-1360
- 8. The Beginning of the Witch Craze, 1360-1427
- 9. The Classical Formulation of the Witch Phenomenon, 1427-1486
- 10. Witchcraft and the Medieval Mind
- Appendix: The Canon Episcopi and Its Variations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index