RT Book T1 Witchcraft mythologies and persecutions T2 Demons, spirits, witches A2 Pócs, Éva 1936- A2 Klaniczay, Gábor 1950- A2 Csonka-Takács, Eszter LA English PP Budapest New York PB Central European University Press YR 2010 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/864114850 AB This third, concluding volume of the series publishes 14 studies and the transcription of a round-table discussion on Carlo Ginzburg's Ecstasies. The themes of the previous two volumes, Communicating with the Spirits, and Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology, are further expanded here both as regards their interdisciplinary approach and the wide range of regional comparisons. While the emphasis of the second volume was on current popular belief and folklore as seen in the context of the historical sources on demonology, this volume approaches its subject from the point of view of historical anthropology. The greatest recent advances of witchcraft research occurred recently in two fields: (1) deciphering the variety of myths and the complexity of historical processes which lead to the formation of the witches' Sabbath, (2) the micro-historical analysis of the social, religious, legal and cultural milieu where witchcraft accusations and persecutions developed. These two themes are completed by some further insights into the folklore of the concerned regions which still carries the traces of the traumatic historical memories of witchcraft persecutions NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record NO Description based on print version record NO Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 CN BF1566 SN 9781435648272 SN 1435648277 SN 1283248018 SN 9781283248013 K1 Witchcraft K1 Electronic books K1 Konferenzschrift