Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe

• Utgivningsdatum: 2008-06-11
• Mått: 140 x 216 x 48 mm
• Vikt: 953 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Antal sidor: 627
• Upplaga: 2008
• Förlag: Palgrave USA
• ISBN: 9781403997814
• Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2009

• Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
• Europas historia
• Magi och ockulta studier

EDWARD BEVER received his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1983, USA. He was a software developer specializing in historical simulations before taking his present position as Professor of History at SUNY Old Westbury in 1997. He has published a book on African history and a number of articles on witchcraft and magic in Early Modern Europe.

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 Short listed for the Katharine Briggs Award 2009 "Bever has done a great service in bringing an extensive and relevant medical literature into witchcraft studies...a book which bravely challenges so many received ideas can only be good for us all." - European History Quarterly "Bever's book is an exciting and provocative contribution to the study of magic and witchcraft. Reaching far beyond the usual material of history into the disciplines of psychology and neurophysiology, Bever has drawn conclusions both stunning and profound in a work that will move the field forward as surely as it will inspire debate." - Laura Strokes, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Approaches such as Bever's are a vast improvement over an earlier approach to the witchcraft trials as manifestations of superstition, priestcraft, and bigotry that would flee when exposed to the light of science." - Chas S. Clifton, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions

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