Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic

• Main Author: Montesano, Marina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; magic; n/a; divination; religious history; Thomas Hobbes; Bavaria; classical culture; folklore; Catholic reform; dissolution of the monasteries; animals; Franciscan and Dominican friars; Early Modern History; friars; demonic possession; Trier; Adriaan Koerbagh; gynecology; biblical exegesis; Franconia; monasticism; witch-hunting in Hungary; exorcism; Italy; convent cases; Germany; monks; popular belief; ritual magic; Inquisition; devil; media; counter-reformation; inquisition; Holy Office; English reformation; witch trials; spells; France; witchcraft; popular/vernacular magic in Hungary; witchcraft and sorcery in Hungary; Witchcraft; familiars; counter-reformation Italy; treasure hunting; heresy; medicine; priests; love magic; Spain; Protestant demonology; sorcery; superstition; witch-hunting in Debrecen/Bihar county; Calvinist demonology in Hungary; Jesuits; censorship; witch-hunts; demonology
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Witchcraft and magic are topics of enduring interest for many reasons. The main one lies in their extraordinary interdisciplinarity: anthropologists, folklorists, historians, and more have contributed to build a body of work of extreme variety and consistence. Of course, this also means that the sub...