Overview
- Explores the theory and practice of knowing demons and spirits, including angels and fairies, in the early modern era
- Investigates the discursive and experiential frameworks which allowed people to recognize and understand preternatural beings
- Asseses the cultural, geographical and chronological contexts of the evolution of understandings of spirits and demons
Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
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Knowing in Theory
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Knowing in Practice
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Afterword
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Richard Raiswell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
David R. Winter is Associate Professor of History at Brandon University, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period
Editors: Michelle D. Brock, Richard Raiswell, David R. Winter
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75738-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75737-7Published: 11 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09313-6Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75738-4Published: 31 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 317
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Early Modern Europe, History of Medieval Europe, Social History, Cultural History, Religion and Society