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- Traces conceptual ideas of knowledge in Norway from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
- Assesses how magic and medicine were viewed as practical and sacred in early modern Europe
- Utilises a wide range of early modern manuscripts from 1650 -1850, known as Black Books
Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Ane Ohrvik assesses the Black Books from the vantage point of those who wrote the manuscripts and thus offers an original study of how early modern magical practitioners presented their ideas and saw their practices. The book show how the writers viewed magic and medicine both as practical and sacred art and as knowledge worth protecting through encoding the text. The study of the Black Books illuminates how ordinary people in Norway conceptualized magic as valuable and useful knowledge worth of collecting and saving despite the ongoing witchcraft prosecutions targeting the very same ideas and practices as the books promoted.
Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway is essential for those looking to advance their studies in magical beliefs and practices in early modern Europe as well as those interested in witchcraft studies, book history, and the history of knowledge.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ane Ohrvik
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway
Book Subtitle: Conceptualizing Knowledge
Authors: Ane Ohrvik
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46742-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46741-6Published: 13 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69131-9Published: 13 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46742-3Published: 02 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 302
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural History, History of Early Modern Europe, History of Medicine, Social History, History of the Book