Magic, body, and the self in eighteenth-century Sweden

Introduction -- One honour and social control in witchcraft trials -- The fluid self -- Magic and the body -- Healing as counter-magic -- The ambiguity of magic

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions
Main Author: Gent, Jacqueline van (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
In: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions (135)
Series/Journal:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions 135
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Swedes / Magic / Witchcraft / History 1700-1800
Further subjects:B Witchcraft (Sweden) History 18th century
B Trials (Witchcraft) History 18th century Sweden
B Trials (Witchcraft) (Sweden) History 18th century
B Magic History 18th century Sweden
B Thesis
B Magic (Sweden) History 18th century
B Witchcraft History 18th century Sweden
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Summary:Introduction -- One honour and social control in witchcraft trials -- The fluid self -- Magic and the body -- Healing as counter-magic -- The ambiguity of magic
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004171142