Construction of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark, 1536-1617

This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Evangelical Reformation of Denmark 1536 to the celebration of the Lutheran centennial of 1617.

List of contents

1. A ROYAL BRIDAL JOURNEY 2. DAY OF WRATH 3. REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR 4. A DIABOLICAL TRIANGLE. WITCHES AT THE ORESUND REGION 5. THE KING'S COURT 6. REGNA FIRMAT PIETAS 7. THE FIGHT FOR GODLINESS 8. A DIVINE DUTY.

About the author

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup is a Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research interests include the European witch prosecutions, especially in Denmark and Italy, as well as Reformation history and cultural history more broadly. Her publications in English include Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark, 1500-2000, co-edited with Tyge Krogh and Claus Bundgaard Christensen (Routledge, 2018), Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, co-edited with Rasia Toivo (2017) and Agents of Witchcraft in Early Modern Denmark and Italy (2015).

Summary

This book examines how the experience of witchcraft developed and evolved from the Lutheran Evangelical Reformation of Denmark 1536 to the celebration of the Lutheran centennial of 1617.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm (Syddansk University Kallestrup, Kallestrup Louise Nyholm
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2025
• EAN: 9780815395416
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9541-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / General, Witchcraft, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, History and Archaeology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries