Isbn: 9781138571839 - the science of demons: early modern authors facing witchcraft and the devil (5 risultati)

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Science of Demons | Early Modern Authors Facing Witchcraft and the Devil | Jan Machielsen | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2020 | Taylor & Francis | EAN 9781138571839 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real Did his powers have limits Or were tales of the demonic all one grand illusion Physicians, lawyers, and theologians at different times and places answered these questions differently and disagreed bitterly.The demonic took many forms in medieval and early modern Europe. By examining individual authors from across the continent, this book reveals the many purposes to which the devil could be put, both during the late medieval fight against heresy and during the age of Reformations. It explores what it was like to live with demons, and how careers and identities were constructed out of battles against them - or against those who granted them too much power. Together, contributors chart the history of the devil from his emergence during the 1300s as a threatening figure - who made pacts with human allies and appeared bodily - through to the comprehensive but controversial demonologies of the turn of the seventeenth century, when European witch-hunting entered its deadliest phase.This book is essential reading for all students and researchers of the history of the supernatural in medieval and early modern Europe. 346 pp. Englisch.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Jan Machielsen is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Cardiff University.Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Witches, ghosts, fairies. Premodern Europe was filled with strange creatures, with the devil lurking behind them all. But were his powers real Did his powers have limits Or were tales of the demonic all one grand illusion Physicians, lawyers, and theologians at different times and places answered these questions differently and disagreed bitterly.The demonic took many forms in medieval and early modern Europe. By examining individual authors from across the continent, this book reveals the many purposes to which the devil could be put, both during the late medieval fight against heresy and during the age of Reformations. It explores what it was like to live with demons, and how careers and identities were constructed out of battles against them - or against those who granted them too much power. Together, contributors chart the history of the devil from his emergence during the 1300s as a threatening figure - who made pacts with human allies and appeared bodily - through to the comprehensive but controversial demonologies of the turn of the seventeenth century, when European witch-hunting entered its deadliest phase.This book is essential reading for all students and researchers of the history of the supernatural in medieval and early modern Europe.…