Witchcraft in the Middle Ages

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Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Jeffrey Burton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1972.
Subjects:
Geschichte 400-1500.
Witchcraft > History.
Magic > history
Superstitions > history
HISTORY > Medieval.
Witchcraft
Hexenglaube
Hekserij.
Witchcraft > Europe > History.
Middle Ages.
Europe, Western > History > 476-1492.
Festschriften
History
Festschriften.
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Table of 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
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Theorists of witchcraft, 1430-1486
  • Books and articles
  • Index.

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