Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader,
Автор: Parish, Helen Название: Superstition and Magic in Early Modern Europe: A Reader ISBN: 1441122222 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441122223 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5859.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A collection of important scholarship on witchcraft, magic and religion.
Автор: Bailey, Michael Название: Magic and superstition in europe ISBN: 0742533875 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742533875 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8026.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A single-volume survey of magic, this book traces the history of magic and superstition in Europe, starting from antiquity onwards. Focusing mainly on the medieval and early modern era, it also explores the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems, particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca from Europe to the US.
Автор: Bailey, Michael D. Название: Magic and superstition in europe ISBN: 0742533867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742533868 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 22810.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A single-volume survey of magic, this book traces the history of magic and superstition in Europe, starting from antiquity onwards. Focusing mainly on the medieval and early modern era, it also explores the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome, and the spread of magical systems, particularly modern witchcraft or Wicca from Europe to the US.
Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding black cats. Certain religious practices might also come to mind—praying to St. Christopher or lighting candles for the dead. Benign as they might seem today, such practices were not always perceived that way. In medieval Europe superstitions were considered serious offenses, violations of essential precepts of Christian doctrine or immutable natural laws. But how and why did this come to be? In Fearful Spirits, Reasoned Follies, Michael D. Bailey explores the thorny concept of superstition as it was understood and debated in the Middle Ages.
Bailey begins by tracing Christian thinking about superstition from the patristic period through the early and high Middle Ages. He then turns to the later Middle Ages, a period that witnessed an outpouring of writings devoted to superstition—tracts and treatises with titles such as De superstitionibus and Contra vitia superstitionum. Most were written by theologians and other academics based in Europe’s universities and courts, men who were increasingly anxious about the proliferation of suspect beliefs and practices, from elite ritual magic to common healing charms, from astrological divination to the observance of signs and omens. As Bailey shows, however, authorities were far more sophisticated in their reasoning than one might suspect, using accusations of superstition in a calculated way to control the boundaries of legitimate religion and acceptable science. This in turn would lay the conceptual groundwork for future discussions of religion, science, and magic in the early modern world. Indeed, by revealing the extent to which early modern thinkers took up old questions about the operation of natural properties and forces using the vocabulary of science rather than of belief, Bailey exposes the powerful but in many ways false dichotomy between the "superstitious" Middle Ages and "rational" European modernity.
Название: Religion and superstition in reformation europe ISBN: 071906158X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719061585 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What, in the 16th and 17th centuries, was "superstition"? Where might it be found and how might it be countered? This text reveals attitudes to prophets, ghosts, saints and demonology, Catholic responses to the Reformation and the apparent presence of "superstition" in the reformed churches.
Описание: Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
Автор: Edwards Kathryn A. Название: Everyday Magic in Early Modern Europe ISBN: 1472433505 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472433503 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While pre-modern Europe is often seen as having an `enchanted` or `magical` worldview, the full implications of such labels remain inconsistently explored. This collection offers one method of demystifying this world of everyday magic.
Описание: Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
Описание: The Moral Economy examines the nexus of poverty, credit, and trust in early modern Europe, focusing on lending practices and the values that structured them. Laurence Fontaine creates a dialogue between past and present, contrasting their definitions of poverty, the role of the market, and the mechanisms of microcredit.
Название: The Occult in Early Modern Europe ISBN: 0333688147 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333688144 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This documentary anthology explores the occult in early modern Europe, presenting magic, witchcraft, astrology, alchemy and other occult themes as parts of an intellectually rigorous and scientifically challenging world view, consistently argued in accordance with its given basic principles.
Автор: Fehler Timothy G., Kroeker Greta Grace, Parker Charles H. Название: Religious Diaspora in Early Modern Europe: Strategies of Exile ISBN: 1138663077 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138663077 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection of essays looks at the shared experience of exile across different groups in the early modern period. Contributors argue that exile is a useful analytical tool in the study of a wide variety of peoples previously examined in isolation.
Описание: In Conflict and Soldiers' Literature in Early Modern Europe, Paul Scannell analyses the late 16th-century and early 17th-century literature of warfare through the published works of English, Welsh and Scottish soldiers. The book explores the dramatic increase in printed material on many aspects of warfare; the diversity of authors, the adaptation of existing writing traditions and the growing public interest in military affairs.
There is an extensive discussion on the categorisation of soldiers, which argues that soldiers' works are under-used evidence of the developing professionalism among military leaders at various levels. Through analysis of autobiographical material, the thought process behind an individual's engagement with an army is investigated, shedding light on the relevance of significant personal factors such as religious belief and the concept of loyalty. The narratives of soldiers reveal the finer details of their experience, an enquiry that greatly assists in understanding the formidable difficulties that were faced by individuals charged with both administering an army and confronting an enemy.
This book provides a reassessment of early modern warfare by viewing it from the perspective of those who experienced it directly. Paul Scannell highlights how various types of soldier viewed their commitment to war, while also considering the impact of published early modern material on domestic military capability - the 'art of war'.
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