Werewolves, witches, and wandering spirits : traditional belief & folklore in early modern Europe / edited by Kathryn A. Edwards.

Other author Edwards, Kathryn A., 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoKirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxxii, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Folklore--Europe.
Folk literature--Europe. --History and criticism.
Supernatural.
Witchcraft--Europe.
Demonology--Europe.

SeriesSixteenth century essays & studies series ; v. 62
Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 62. ^A163793
Contents Introduction : expanding the analysis of traditional belief / Kathryn A. Edwards -- Dangerous spirits : shapeshifting, apparitions, and fantasy in Lorraine witchcraft trials / Robin Briggs -- Living with the dead : ghosts in early modern Bavaria / David Lederer -- Reformed or recycled? : possession and exorcism in the sacramental life of early modern France / Sarah Ferber -- Revisiting El Encubierto : navigating between visions of Heaven and Hell on Earth / Sara T. Nalle -- Worms and the Jews : Jews, magic, and community in seventeenth-century Worms / Dean Phillip Bell -- Asmodea : a nun-witch in eighteenth-century Tuscany / Anne Jacobson Schutte -- When witches became false : séducteurs and crédules confront the Paris police at the beginning of the eighteenth century / Ulrike Krampl -- God killed Saul : Heinrich Bullinger and Jacob Ruef on the power of the devil / Bruce Gordon -- Such an impure, cruel, and savage beast : images of the werewolf in demonological works / Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre -- Charcot, Freud, and the demons / H. C. Erik Midelfort.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002018859
ISBN1931112096 (casebound : alk. paper)
ISBN1931112088 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GR135 .W47 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold