Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland, 1500-1800

Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland, 1500-1800
Author: W. Wyporska
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137384212

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This comprehensive study examines Polish demonology in relation to witchcraft trials in Wielkopolska, revealing the witch as a force for both good and evil. It explores the use of witchcraft, the nature of accusations and the role of gender.


Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland, 1500-1800
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: W. Wyporska
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-17 - Publisher: Springer

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This comprehensive study examines Polish demonology in relation to witchcraft trials in Wielkopolska, revealing the witch as a force for both good and evil. It
Between the Devil and the Host
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Michael Ostling
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-03 - Publisher: Past & Present Book

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For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicio
Witchcraft in Early Modern Poland, 1500-1800
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: W. Wyporska
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-05 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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This comprehensive study examines Polish demonology in relation to witchcraft trials in Wielkopolska, revealing the witch as a force for both good and evil. It
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
Language: en
Pages: 645
Authors: Brian P. Levack
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-28 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regard
Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-03 - Publisher: Routledge

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Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their n