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024 7 _a10.1163/ej.9789004171145.i-228
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035 _a(OCoLC)231588815
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050 4 _aBF1584.S85
_bV36 2009
082 0 4 _a133.4/30948509033
_222
100 1 _aVan Gent, Jacqueline.
245 1 0 _aMagic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden /
_cby Jacqueline Van Gent.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aBrill eBook titles 2008
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index.
505 0 0 _tPreliminary Materials /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tIntroduction /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tChapter One. Honour And Social Control In Witchcraft Trials /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tChapter Two. The Fluid Self /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tChapter Three. Magic And The Body /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tChapter Four. Healing As Counter-Magic /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tChapter Five. The Ambiguity Of Magic /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tConclusion /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tBibliography /
_rJ. Van Gent --
_tIndex /
_rJ. Van Gent.
506 1 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aContrary to previous assumptions, magic remained an integral part of everyday life in Enlightenment Europe. This book demonstrates that the endurance of magical practices, both benevolent and malevolent, was grounded in early modern perceptions of an interconnected body, self and spiritual cosmos. Drawing on eighteenth-century Swedish witchcraft trials, which are exceptionally detailed, these notions of embodiment and selfhood are explored in depth. The nuanced analysis of healing magic, the role of emotions, the politics of evidence and proof and the very ambiguity of magical rituals reveals a surprising syncretism of Christian and pre-Christian elements. The book provides a unique insight to the history of magic and witchcraft, the study of eighteenth-century religion and culture, and to our understanding of body and self in the past.
648 7 _aGeschichte 1700-1800
_2swd
650 7 _aMagie
_2swd
650 0 _aTrials (Witchcraft)
_zSweden
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aWitchcraft
_zSweden
_xHistory
_y18th century.
651 7 _aSchweden
_2swd
776 0 _tMagic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden
_z9789004171145 (hardback : alk. paper)
_z9004171142 (hardback : alk. paper)
830 0 _aStudies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
_v135.
830 0 _aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222847.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004171145.i-228
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