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The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe
Abstract
Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements
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“But the accused, known locally as healers, blessers, soothsayers, exorcists, magicians, charmers, and fortune tellers, used divination to identify witches and other causes of illness and find thieves and treasures and locate lost objects.”
From An Ethnological Analogy and Biogenetic Model for Interpretation of Religion and Ritual in the Past (2022) · cites this paper as Bever 2008
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“But the accused, known locally as healers, blessers, soothsayers, exorcists, magicians, charmers, and fortune tellers, used divination to identify witches and other causes of illness and find thieves and treasures and locate lost objects.”
From An Ethnological Analogy and Biogenetic Model for Interpretation of Religion and Ritual in the Past (2022) · cites this paper as Bever 2008
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“They offered healing services for people and animals involving incantations, invocation of spirits, counter spells against witches, charms and amulets, rituals involving imitative and image magic, and applications of herbal medicines (Bever 2008).”
From An Ethnological Analogy and Biogenetic Model for Interpretation of Religion and Ritual in the Past (2022) · cites this paper as Bever 2008
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Schwemer, D. (2015) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cho9781139043021.003 · Cited by 30
Hen, Y. (2015) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cho9781139043021.009 · Cited by 24
An Ethnological Analogy and Biogenetic Model for Interpretation of Religion and Ritual in the Past
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“They offered healing services for people and animals involving incantations, invocation of spirits, counter spells against witches, charms and amulets, rituals involving imitative and image magic, and applications of herbal medicines (Bever 2008).”
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- Authors
- Bever, E.
- Corresponding author
- Bever, Edward
- Venue
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2008
- OpenAlex
- W2491951625
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 7.98
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medieval and Early Modern Justice
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Historical Philosophy and Science
- Keywords
- witchcraft, popular magic, early modern Europe, witch trials, folk beliefs, supernatural beliefs, history of magic
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