Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft
Editors: Kallestrup, Louise Nyholm, Toivo, Raisa Maria (Eds.)
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- Breaks down thecommon scholarly barriers of periodisation, discipline and geographyBrings together leading scholars in this field in order to do this
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- About this book
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This book breaks with three common scholarly barriers of periodization, discipline and geography in its exploration of the related themes of heresy, magic and witchcraft. It sets aside constructed chronological boundaries, and in doing so aims to achieve a clearer picture of what ‘went before’, as well as what ‘came after’. Thus the volume demonstrates continuity as well as change in the concepts and understandings of magic, heresy and witchcraft. In addition, the geographical pattern of similarities and diversities suggests a comparative approach, transcending confessional as well as national borders. Throughout the medieval and early modern period, the orthodoxy of the Christian Church was continuously contested. The challenge of heterodoxy, especially as expressed in various kinds of heresy, magic and witchcraft, was constantly present during the period 1200-1650. Neither contesters nor followers of orthodoxy were homogeneous groups or fractions. They themselves and their ideas changed from one century to the next, from region to region, even from city to city, but within a common framework of interpretation. This collection of essays focuses on this complex.
- About the authors
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Louise Nyholm Kallestrup is Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Southern Denmark. She has published widely on Danish and Italian witchcraft.
Raisa Maria Toivo is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland. She has published widely on witchcraft, gender and the Reformation.
- Reviews
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“The strengths of the book is the way in which the contributors highlight the beliefs and practices which fell into grey areas between acceptance and condemnation. … the book … offer a wide variety of case-studies of the ways in which orthodoxy and unorthodoxy interacted across the period.” (Catherine Rider, English Historical Review HER, Vol. 134 (566), February, 2019)
“The volume can be recommended, first of all, to researchers of religious and intellectual history, folklore, the history of magic and witchcraft. Moreover, it can bring new perspectives for understanding the genesis of western science and early modern state-building as well as to the field of border studies.” (Vitali Byl, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, Vol. 45 (3), 2018)
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Approaches to Magic, Heresy and Witchcraft in Time, Space and Faith
Pages 1-13
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‘Night is conceded to the dead’: Revenant Congregations in the Middle Ages
Pages 17-33
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Heresy and Heterodoxy in Medieval Scandinavia
Pages 35-56
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Caught Between Unorthodox Medicine and Unorthodox Religion: Revisiting the Case of Costantino Saccardini, Charlatan-Heretic
Pages 57-68
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Angel Magic and the Cult of Angels in the Later Middle Ages
Pages 71-110
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft
- Editors
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- Louise Nyholm Kallestrup
- Raisa Maria Toivo
- Series Title
- Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-32385-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-32385-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-32384-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-81272-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 349
- Number of Illustrations
- 14 illustrations in colour
- Topics
