1# Library to Find Best eBook for Read
Author : E. William Monter
Release : 1983
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ritual, Myth and Magic in Early Modern Europe by : E. William Monter
Download or read book Ritual, Myth and Magic in Early Modern Europe written by E. William Monter. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :
Release : 1983
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ritual, myth and magic in early modern Europe by :
Download or read book Ritual, myth and magic in early modern Europe written by . This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Muir
Release : 2005-08-18
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ritual in Early Modern Europe by : Edward Muir
Download or read book Ritual in Early Modern Europe written by Edward Muir. This book was released on 2005-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive 2005 study of rituals in early modern Europe argues that between about 1400 and 1700 a revolution in ritual theory took place that utterly transformed concepts about time, the body, and the presence of spiritual forces in the world. Edward Muir draws on extensive historical research to emphasize the persistence of traditional Christian ritual practices even as educated elites attempted to privilege reason over passion, textual interpretation over ritual action, and moral rectitude over gaining access to supernatural powers. Edward Muir discusses wide ranging themes such as rites of passage, carnivalesque festivity, the rise of manners, Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the alleged anti-Christian rituals of Jews and witches. This edition examines the impact on the European understanding of ritual from the discoveries of new civilizations in the Americas and missionary efforts in China and adds more material about rituals peculiar to women.
Author : Jonathan Barry
Release : 1998-03-12
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 753/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe by : Jonathan Barry
Download or read book Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe written by Jonathan Barry. This book was released on 1998-03-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important collection brings together both established figures and new researchers to offer fresh perspectives on the ever-controversial subject of the history of witchcraft. Using Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic as a starting point, the contributors explore the changes of the last twenty-five years in the understanding of early modern witchcraft, and suggest new approaches, especially concerning the cultural dimensions of the subject. Witchcraft cases must be understood as power struggles, over gender and ideology as well as social relationships, with a crucial role played by alternative representations. Witchcraft was always a contested idea, never fully established in early modern culture but much harder to dislodge than has usually been assumed. The essays are European in scope, with examples from Germany, France, and the Spanish expansion into the New World, as well as a strong core of English material.
Author : E. William Monter
Release : 1984
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ritual, Myth, and Magic in Early Modern Europe by : E. William Monter
Download or read book Ritual, Myth, and Magic in Early Modern Europe written by E. William Monter. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
