The Appearance of Witchcraft

ISBN-13: 9780415082426 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 296 str.

Zika Charles; Charles Zika

Opis

Exploring how visual representations of witchcraft contributed to the widespread acceptance of witch beliefs in 16th century Europe and helped establish the preconditions for the widespread persecution of witches, this book argues that artists and printers used images to relate witchcraft theories.

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1. Fashioning a New Visual Language for Witchcraft  Chapter 2. The Transformation of Sorcery and Magic in the Fifteenth Century  Chapter 3. Witches’ Cauldrons and Women’s Bodies  Chapter 4. Wild Riders, Popular Folklore and Moral Disorder  Chapter 5. Transformation, Death and Sexuality in the Classical World  Chapter 6. A Biblical Necromancer and Two Christian Saints  Chapter 7. Reporting the News and Reading the Signs  Chapter 8. On the Margins of Christian Europe

O autorze

Charles Zika is Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. He researches the cultural and religious history of late medieval and early modern Europe. Among his publications are Exorcising our Demons: magic, witchcraft and visual culture in early modern Europe (2003).