The Role of Magic in the Past

The Role of Magic in the Past
Learned and Popular Magic, Popular Beliefs and Diversity of Attitudes

Szeghyová Blanka (ed.)

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Spoločnosť PRO HISTORIA

Jazyk

angličtina

Počet strán

256

Rok vydania

2005

Hmotnosť

424,00g

Formát

170x235

Väzba

Mäkká väzba

EAN

8096936638

The book is a very diverse collection of papers, in which alongside authors who are recognized experts in the topic and have published several books ...on the subject of magic are young scholars who have only recently joined the community of 'magical'scholarship.

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Introduction

 

Research Problems of Magical Texts in Central Europe – Benedek Láng

The Magic of Image: Astrological, Alchemical and Magical Symbolism at the Court of Wenceslas IV – Milena Bartlová

The Occult Sciences in Early Modern Hungary in a Central European Context – György Endre Szőnyi

An Outline History of Alchemy in Slovakia – Miloš Jesenský

The Mystery of the Transmutation of Iron into Copper in the 16th – 18th Centuries – Miroslav Kamenický

Magic and Demonology in Albert Szenci Molnár’s Personal Commonplace Book – Márton Szentpéteri

Magic Features in Johann Heinrich Alsted’s Apocalyptics – Olga Lukács

Weather Magic in the Early Modern Period as Reflected in the Minutes of Witchcraft Trials – Éva Pócs

Servants of the Devil in Krupina – Milan Majtán

Witch-Hunt in Szeged in the Early Eighteenth Century – István Petrovics

The Mystery of Birth: Magic, Empirical and Rational Approaches to Women’s Medicine In the Medieval and Early Modern Periods – Tünde Lengyelová

Elements of Magical – Medicinal Practice. The Position of the Witch and Wizard in Slovakia – Katarína Nádaská and Martina Sekulová

The Mediation of Poisoning. Magic Embedded in Everyday Medical Knowledge – Emese Bálint

Incantations in Medical Advice and Recipes from 16th to 18th Centuries – Jana Skladaná

Some Aspects of the Love Magic Beliefs in Eastern Serbia – Danijela Djuričić

The Role of Black Magic in Controlling Social Balance in Moldavian Chango Villages – Peti Lehel

Bells and Magic – Juraj Gembický

Turkish Magic and Habsburg Propaganda – Elisabeth Klecker

Popular Piety and Magic in Hungary in the 17th Century – Ingrid Kušniráková

Magical Practices in the Books of Miracles – Markéta Holubová

The Supernatural and Claims of Scientificity in Russian Popular Culture, 1875 – 1914 – Julia Mannherz

Magic Elements in Slovak Romantic Ballads – Irena Malec

 

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Gazetteer of Historical Place Names