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Zusatztext Enchanted Europe is a major contribution to the religious and intellectual history of late medieval and early modern Europe...a striking intervention in a debate that has lately been in danger of stagnation. Euan Cameron has written an immensely learned book that greatly advances our understanding of the mental universe of the early modern intelligentsia and seems set to stimulate ongoing discussion of its challenging subject. Informationen zum Autor Euan Cameron received his B.A. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford University. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 1979 to 1986, and a member of the Department of History of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1985 to 2002. Since 2002 he has been Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he has also served as Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. He is a member of the departments of Religion and History at Columbia University. Klappentext Enchanted Europe is the first comprehensive account of Europe's long! complex relationship with its own folklore and popular religion. From debates over the efficacy of charms and spells to belief in fairies and demons! Euan Cameron constructs a compelling narrative of the rise and fall of 'superstition' in the European mind. Zusammenfassung Enchanted Europe is the first comprehensive account of Europe's long, complex relationship with its own folklore and popular religion. From debates over the efficacy of charms and spells to belief in fairies and demons, Euan Cameron constructs a compelling narrative of the rise and fall of 'superstition' in the European mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Discerning and Controlling Invisible Forces: The Image of 'Superstition' in the Literature 1: The Problems of Pre-Modern Life 2: A Densely Populated Universe 3: Helpful Performances: The Uses of Ritual 4: Insight and Foresight: Techniques of Divination Part 2: The Learned Response to Superstitions in the Middle Ages: Angels and Demons 5: The Patristic and Early Medieval Heritage 6: Scholastic Demonology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 7: The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Consensus 8: The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Difference and Disagreement 9: The pastoral use of the scholastic critique of superstitions Part 3: Superstitions in Controversy: Renaissance and Reformations 10: Some Renaissance Christian Humanists and 'Superstition' 11: Magic, the Fallen World, and Fallen Humanity: Martin Luther on the devil and superstitions 12: Prodigies, Providences and Possession: the 16th-century Protestant Context 13: The Protestant Critique of Consecrations: Catholicism as Superstition 14: The Protestant Doctrine of Providence and the Transformation of the Devil 15: Reformed Catholicism: Purifying Sources, Defending Traditions Part 4: The Cosmos changes shape: Superstition is re-defined 16: Demonology becomes an open subject in the 17th century 17: Defending the 'invisible world': the campaign against 'Saducism' 18: Towards the Enlightenment ...
