Emotions in the history of witchcraft. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laura Kounine and Michael Ostling.
• Editors: Kounine, Laura, 1985-; Ostling, Michael
• Contents: 1. Introduction : 'unbridled passion' and the history of witchcraft / Michael Ostling and Laura Kounine -- Part I: In representation -- 2. Fear and devotion in the writings of Heinrich Institoris / Tamar Herzig -- 3. The cruelty of witchcraft : the drawings of Jacques de Gheyn the Younger / Charles Zika 4. Satanic fury : depictions of the Devil's Rage in Nicolas Remy's Daemonolatria / Laura Kounine -- 5. Tyrannical beasts : male witchcraft in early modern English culture / E.J. Kent -- Part II: On trial -- 6. The witch in the courtroom : torture and the representations of emotion / Rita Voltmer -- 7. 'So they will love me and pine for me' : intimacy and distance in early modern Russian magic / Valerie Kivelson -- 8. Emotion and affect in Lorraine witchcraft trials / Robin Briggs -- 9. Speaking of love in the Polish witch-trials / Michael Ostling -- 10. Over-familiar spirits : the bonds between English witches and their devils / Charlotte-Rose Millar -- Part III: In the mind -- 11. Bullying, the neurobiology of emotional aggression, and the experience of witchcraft / Edward Bever -- 12. Witchcraft and the dangers of intimacy : Africa and Europe / Peter Geschiere -- 13. Psychotic reactions? Witchcraft, the devil and mental illness / Sarah Ferber -- Part IV: In history -- 14. In memorium maleficarum : feminist and pagan mobilizations of the burning times / Laurel Zwissler -- 15. Afterword : passions in perspective / Malcolm Gaskill.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (XVI, 321 pages), 12 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color
• Subjects: 152.4; Emotions; Witchcraft -- History; Witchcraft -- history; Emotions; PSYCHOLOGY -- Physiological Psychology; Emotions; Witchcraft; Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137529039; 1137529032
• Related ISBNs: 9781137529022; 1137529024
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 23, 2017).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.