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This comprehensive study examines Polish demonology in relation to witchcraft trials in Wielkopolska, revealing the witch as a force for both good and evil. It
Between the Devil and the Host
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Authors: Michael Ostling
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For the first time in English, Michael Ostling tells the story of the imagined Polish witches, showing how ordinary peasant-women got caught in webs of suspicio
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
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The essays in this Handbook, written by leading scholars working in the rapidly developing field of witchcraft studies, explore the historical literature regard
Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics, c.1500-1800
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Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their n
Demonology and Witch-Hunting in Early Modern Europe
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Demonology – the intellectual study of demons and their powers – contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. But how exactly did intellectual id