Michelle D. (Hrsg.) Brock

Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period

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This book explores the manifold ways of knowing-and knowing about- preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabited and were believed to act in early modern European worlds. Its contributors examine how people across the social spectrum assayed the various types of spiritual entities that they believed dwelled invisibly but meaningfully in the spaces just beyond (and occasionally within) the limits of human perception. Collectively, the volume demonstrates that an awareness and understanding of the nature and capabilities of spirits-whether benevolent or malevolent-was fundamental to the knowledge-making… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Raiswell, Richard (Hrsg.) / Winter, David R. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-75738-4
EAN: 9783319757384
Produktnummer: 28210401
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 317 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 4'787 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 farbige Tabellen, Bibliographie

Über den Autor

Michelle D. Brock is Associate Professor of History at Washington and Lee University, USA. Richard Raiswell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.David R. Winter is Associate Professor of History at Brandon University, Canada.