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This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia. It provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of European magic and specifically discusses performances of magic in the pre-modern north. By employing innovating methodologies and covering a wide temporal range, the book offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to the study of magic in the pre-modern North. In addition, the minority-driven contributions, written by an international group of dynamic and diverse scholars, complement one another to highlight the many multicultural realities of the pre-modern North.
List of contents
1. Laws as Sources for Performing Magic in the Pre-modern North - Gwendolyne Knight .- 2. Material Manifestations - Archaeological Approaches to Magical Practices - Hanna Jansson .- 3. Finnvitka: Saami Magic, Embodied Others and Ambiguity - Solveig Marie Wang .- 4. The Old Norse Materia Medica: Between Liturgy and Magic - Luthien Cangemi .- 5. Curses in Old Norse Saga Literature - Fiorelle Di Fonte .- 6. Strange Brews: Drink and 'Magic' in Medieval Norse Literature - Ann Sheffield .- 7. Performing Weather Magic in the Medieval North - Jennifer Hemphill .- 8. In the Name of Satan: Magical Practice in the Late Danish Witchcraft Trials - Maria Østerby Elleby .- 9. 'The Devil's Sacraments': Physical Evidence of Danish Magical Practice during the Witch Trials (1550-1660) - Louise Hauberg Lindgaard .- 10. Of Crones and Fjo lkynngi: Transgressing the Norms in the Íslendingasögur - Gaia Perreaut .- 11. Bury Your Gays: Queer readings of Viking Age Material Culture - Nate Richardson-Read .- 12. 'I don't want realism - I want magic!': Fantasy as Resistance in Later Medieval Íslendingasögur - Basil Arnould Price.
About the author
Jennifer Hemphill is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Ségdae Richardson-Read holds an MLitt in Vikings Studies from the University of Highlands and Islands and they are currently a PhD candidate at the Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UK.
Solveig Marie Wang holds a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Aberdeen, UK and she is currently working with an interdisciplinary postdoctorate project at the Universität Greifswald, Germany.
