Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North

Practice and Transgressions
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-61204-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

Reihe: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic

This book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia. It provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of European magic and specifically discusses performances of magic in the pre-modern north. By employing innovating methodologies and covering a wide temporal range, the book offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to the study of magic in the pre-modern North. In addition, the minority-driven contributions, written by an international group of dynamic and diverse scholars, complement one another to highlight the many multicultural realities of the pre-modern North.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hemphill, Jennifer

Wang, Solveig Marie

Richardson-Read, Ségdae

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Laws as Sources for Performing Magic in the Pre-modern North - Gwendolyne Knight .- 2. Material Manifestations – Archaeological Approaches to Magical Practices - Hanna Jansson .- 3. : Saami Magic, Embodied Others and Ambiguity - Solveig Marie Wang .- 4. The Old Norse : Between Liturgy and Magic - Luthien Cangemi .- 5. Curses in Old Norse Saga Literature - Fiorelle Di Fonte .- 6. Strange Brews: Drink and ‘Magic’ in Medieval Norse Literature - Ann Sheffield .- 7. Performing Weather Magic in the Medieval North - Jennifer Hemphill .- 8. In the Name of Satan: Magical Practice in the Late Danish Witchcraft Trials - Maria Østerby Elleby .- 9. ‘The Devil’s Sacraments’: Physical Evidence of Danish Magical Practice during the Witch Trials (1550-1660) - Louise Hauberg Lindgaard .- 10. Of Crones and : Transgressing the Norms in the - Gaia Perreaut .- 11. Bury Your Gays: Queer readings of Viking Age Material Culture - Nate Richardson-Read .- 12. ‘I don’t want realism – I want magic!’: Fantasy as Resistance in Later Medieval Basil Arnould Price.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Hemphill is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen, UK.

Ségdae Richardson-Read holds an MLitt in Vikings Studies from the University of Highlands and Islands and they are currently a PhD candidate at the Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UK.

Solveig Marie Wang holds a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Aberdeen, UK and she is currently working with an interdisciplinary postdoctorate project at the Universität Greifswald, Germany.