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A collection of 12 studies in French, three in English, on the processes and practice of justice in cases of sorcery and other forms of deviant behaviour, based on detailed research into the criminal archives of the Parlement de Paris, the most important secular court in France.
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After discussing the terminology of talismanic magic (or necromancy) and its position in divisions of science in the Middle Ages, this book traces the history of talismanic texts from the Classical period through the Arabic world to the Latin Middle Ages.
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A warm and wry family drama with a witchy twist about four generations of Black women living under one roof and the family curse that stems back to a voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans.
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This book chronicles witchcraft practices in colonial Kenya and the attempts of British bureaucrats to control them. Colonial authorities produced an... Læs mere
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Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is best known for his poetry and for novels such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, but he also had a lifelong interest... Læs mere
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Martin Naylor (c. 1762–1843), a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, was... Læs mere
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Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft traces witchcraft from the 16th century through to today, exploring material across ‘Witchcraft studies’, covering literature,... Læs mere
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Originally published in 1967, this book is a study of witchcraft and sorcery among the Shona, Ndebele and Kalanga peoples of Zimbabwe. It analyses in their social context verbatim evidence and confessions from a comprehensive series of judicial records.
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The Witchcraft Reader offers a wide range of historical perspectives on the subject of witchcraft in a single, accessible volume, exploring the enduring hold that it has on human imagination.
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Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery.
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H. C. Erik Midelfort has carved out a reputation for innovative work on early modern German history, with a particular... Læs mere