Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft - Theology and Popular Belief

Informationen zum Autor Hans Peter Broedel is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College, New York Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 -- . 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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• Authors: Hans Broedel, Hans Peter Broedel, Hans Peter (Visiting Assistant Professor Broedel
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9780719064418
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6441-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Early Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries