Between the Living and the Dead

A Perspective on Seers and Witches in Early Modern Age
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-963-9116-18-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Éva Pócs, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on the history of folk beliefs connected with communication and the supernatural sphere. In this book, she examines the relics of European shamanism in early modern sources, and the techniques and belief-systems of mediators found in the records of witchcraft trials from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The book explores the various communication systems known to early modern Hungarians, describes the role of these systems in everyday village life, and shows how they were connected to contemporary European systems, as well as new types of mediators and systems which function right up to the twentieth century. Representing a major contribution to the most up-to-date international research, Eva Pócs draws on significant East European material and literature not previously co-ordinated with that from the West.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pócs, Éva

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1: The limitations and potential of the documentary sources Chapter 2: General conditions for communication with the supernatural Chapter 3: The belief figure of the witch Chapter 4: The malefactor witch Chapter 5: The alternative world of the witches’ sabbat Chapter 6: The healing witch Chapter 7: The enemies of the witch Afterword, Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Éva Pócs is Professor emeritus at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Hungary.

Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University.