Werewolves, Witches, and Wandering Spirits: Traditional Belief and Folklore in Early Modern Europe

by Kathryn A. Edwards (Editor)

Overview

Historians from the US, Europe, and Australia argue that the apparently unusual themes and stories from the period shed light on broader historical concerns in addition to their intrinsic value. Ten essays explore ghosts in early modern Europe, navigating between visions of heaven and hell on earth, images of the werewolf in demonological works, and other examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931112093
Publisher:	Truman State University Press
Publication date:	11/28/2002
Series:	Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction: Expanding the Analysis of Traditional Belief	vii
	Dancerous Spirits: Shapeshifting, Apparitions, and Fantasy in Lorraine Witchcraft Trials	1
	Living with the Dead: Ghosts in Early Modern Bavaria	25
	Reformed or Recycled? Possession and Exorcism in the Sacramental Life of Early Modern France	55
	Revisiting El Encubierto: Navigating between Visions of Heaven and Hell on Earth	77
	Worms and the Jews: Jews, Magic, and Community in Seventeenth-Century Worms	93
	Asmodea: A Nun-Witch in Eighteenth-Century Tuscany	119
	When Witches Became False: Seducteurs and Credules Confront the Paris Police at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century	137
	God killed Saul: Heinrich Bullinger and Jacob Ruef on the Power of the Devil	155
	Such an Impure, Cruel, and Savage Beast...: Images of the Werewolf in Demonological Works	181
	Charcot, Freud, and the Demons	199
	Contributors	217
	Index	221