Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 3: The Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages a shared European concept of magic emerged. In the early period, pagan beliefs and practices were absorbed into everyday culture, including the rituals of the Church. The rise of the practice of white magic in the twelfth century became so popular that it caused a widespread determination in the Church to condemn any unsanctioned beliefs or practices. The Church and state, both centralized powers in a decentralized Europe, gradually sharpened their attitude toward magic in general, and sorcery and witchcraft in particular, paving the way for the violent outbreaks of witch persecutions in early modern Europe.Witchcraft a…
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Weitere Autoren: Clark, Stuart (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8122-1786-5
- EAN: 9780812217865
- Produktnummer: 9339965
- Verlag: Univ Of Pennsylvania Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.8 cm x D2.4 cm 454 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 454
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Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.
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