Contesting Orthodoxy in medieval and early modern Europe : heresy, magic and witchcraft /: heresy, magic and witchcraft. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, Raisa Maria Toivo, editors.
• Editors: Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm, 1975-; Toivo, Raisa Maria
• Other Names: Conference on Witchcraft, Heresy and Natural Philosophy
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors ; List of Figures ; List of Table ; Approaches to€Magic, Heresy and€Witchcraft in€Time, Space and€Faith; Witchcraft; Magic; Heresy; Notes; Part I: Heresy; 'Night is conceded to€the€dead': Revenant Congregations in€the€Middle Ages; A Gathering of the Dead, or of Demons?; Marvelous, Ancient Sacrifices; Thinking with the Dead; Notes; Heresy and Heterodoxy in€Medieval Scandinavia; Introduction; Terminology; Heresy in€Medieval Scandinavia; Concluding Discussion; Notes. Caught Between Unorthodox Medicine and€Unorthodox Religion: Revisiting the€Case of€Costantino Saccardini, Charlatan-HereticNotes; Part II: Magic; Angel Magic and€the€Cult of€Angels in€the€Later Middle Ages; The Issues at Stake; Four Texts of€Angel Magic from€the€Later Medieval West; Efforts to€Regulate the€Veneration of€Angels; Devotion to€Angels and€Conceptions of€Angels: The€Scope of€Toleration; The Hazards of€Conjuration; Notes; Polyphony and€Pragmatism in€Scandinavian Spells c.1300-1600; Notes; The Divining Rod: Origins, Explanations and€Uses in€the€Thirteenth to€Eighteenth Centuries. NotesIgnorant Superstition? Popular Education on€Magic in€Early Seventeenth-Century Confessionalist Finland: The€Case of€Mary and€the€Rosaries; Magic, Superstition and€Witchcraft in€Early Modern Finland; Idolatry and€Lip Service vs Obedient Mary; Traces of€the€Cult of€Mary in€the€Lutheran County of€Satakunta; A Tradition of€Catholic Reformation and€Lutheran Superstition?; Early Seventeenth-Century Magic and€Superstition as€Ignorance; Notes; Part III: Witchcraft; The Witch of€Endor Before the€Witch Trials; Notes. Preaching on€Witchcraft? The€Sermons of€Johannes Geiler of€Kaysersberg (1445-1510)Johannes Geiler of€Kaysersberg (1445-1510): Some Introductory Remarks; No Place for€Witches: Johannes Geiler of€Kaysersberg and€His Concept of€Urban Reform; Superstition, Sorcery and€Witchcraft in€the€Sermons of€Johannes Geiler (Until 1509); Johannes Geiler and€His Concepts of€Witchcraft (1509); Conclusion; Notes; Law, Nature, Theology and€Witchcraft in€Ponzinibio's De lamiis (1511); Notes; The Infected and€the€Guilty: On€Heresy and€Witchcraft in€Post-Reformation Denmark; The Concept of€Heresy. First-Generation Reformers, Witchcraft and€HeresyThe Admonitions of€Niels Hemmingsen on€Heresy and€Witchcraft; Legislation on€Witchcraft and€Heresy; In Court; Conclusion; Notes; The Laughing Witch: Notes on€the€Relationship Between Literature and€History in€the€Early Fifteenth Century; The centrepiece of this chapter is an early fifteenth-century play in the Dutch language, now known by the anachronistic name Die Hexe (The Witch), a name I will keep here for convenience sake. The main question I will pose here is how this play shou; A Farce; The Waning of the Middle Ages; Ascribed Witchcraft.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 133.43/094; History; Witchcraft -- Europe -- History; Magic -- Europe -- History; Heresy -- History; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General; Heresy; Magic; Religion; Witchcraft; History -- Europe -- General; Religion -- History; History -- Social History; European history; History of religion; Social & cultural history; Europe-History-1492-; Europe-History-476-1492; Religion-History; Social history; Civilization-History; Europe -- Religion -- History -- To 1500; Europe -- Religion -- History; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319323855; 3319323857
• Related ISBNs: 9783319323848; 3319323849
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 14, 2017).
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