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The Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic

By Owen Davies (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
0192884050, 9780192884053
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6838426 bytes)
Pages
352\342
Time added
2023-05-27 21:54:28

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Histories you can trust. This history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials, and the depiction of the Devil-worshipping witch. The book also focuses on the more recent history of witchcraft and magic, from the Enlightenment to the present, exploring the rise of modern magic, the anthropology of magic around the globe, and finally the cinematic portrayal of witches and magicians, from The Wizard of Oz to Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Cover The Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic Copyright Editor’s Foreword Contents List of Tables 1. Magic in the Ancient World Mesopotamia Egypt Jewish Magic Greeks Romans 2. Medieval Magic From Arabic into Latin: Translating Activity and Learned Magic Natural Magic Image Magic Angel Magic Demonic Magic Heresy, Sorcery, and Witchcraft The Defence of Magic 3. The Demonologists The Development of the Demonological System Some Demonological Issues Demonology in Decline 4. The Witch Trials Witch Trials: The Causes of Prosecutions Witchcraft: The Law and the Impact of Torture What the Sources Tell Us The Witch in the Records The Spread of the Trials: The Influence of Reportage The End of the Witch Trials? 5. The Witch and Magician in European Art The New Visual Imagery of Witchcraft, 1490–1590 Witchcraft as Religious and Social Threat, 1590–1640 Witchcraft and Imaginative Fantasy, 1620–1670 The Defence of Witchcraft against Scepticism, 1670–1710 The Parodying of Witchcraft and Early Romanticism: 1710–1800 6. The World of Popular Magic Why People Performed Magic The Practice of Popular Magic Who Performed Popular Magic? Cunning-Folk 7. The Rise of Modern Magic The Age of Occult Enlightenment The Practising Occultists A New Golden Age Modern Witchcraft Modern Witchcraft Moves Overseas 8. Witchcraft and Magic in the Age of Anthropology From First Contact to Enlightenment Thought Armchair Anthropology: The Intellectualists and Social Evolution Coral Gardens and Their Magic: Functionalist Anthropology in the Trobriand Islands Witchcraft and Magic among the Azande Myth, Magic, and the Unconscious Magic, Liminality, and Communitas Postmodern Approaches to Magic and Witchcraft Magical Consciousness Living in a More-than-Human World 9. Witches on Screen Studying the Screen Witch An American Fairy Tale A Series of Witches ‘We Demand a New Image’: The Persistence of the Ugly Witch The Domestication of the Female Witch Out of Control Educating Witches and Wizards Further Reading General Studies 1. Magic in the Ancient World 2. Medieval Magic 3. The Demonologists 4. The Witch Trials 5. The Witch and Magician in European Art 6. The World of Popular Magic 7. The Rise of Modern Magic 8. Witchcraft and Magic in the Age of Anthropology 9. Witches on Screen Index

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