Hans Broedel

The 'Malleus Maleficarum' and the construction of witchcraft

Theology and popular belief. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,4 cm / 15,6 cm / 1,3 cm ( B/H/T )

Buch (Softcover), 220 Seiten

EAN 9780719064418

Veröffentlicht April 2004

Verlag/Hersteller Manchester University Press

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Beschreibung

Shows the Malleus, a very well known and widely quoted medieval text, to be highly idiosyncratic, and unusual in its ideas, even among the texts of other contemporary witch-theorists

Portrait

Hans Peter Broedel is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College, New York

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Authors and arguments3. The inquisitors' Devil4. Misfortune, witchcraft and the will of god5. Witchcraft: The formation of belief, part one -- evidence and interpretation6. Witchcraft: The formation of belief, part two7. Witchcraft as an expression of female sexualityBibliography

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