Die Anfänge des Hexenwahns im Mittelalter und der frühen Neuzeit

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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656514844
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Die Anfänge des Hexenwahns im Mittelalter und der frühen Neuzeit written by Julia Kutscha and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 1,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Historisches Institut), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Vorstellung der Einflussnahme durch Zauberei auf den Alltag, beeinflusste das Denken und Handeln vieler Europäer im Mittelalter. Magische Praktiken wurden in unterschiedlichen sozialen Schichten und verschiedenen Berufsgruppen praktiziert. Ausgehend von der Magievorstellung der Antike, bildete sich im Mittelalter eine zunehmende Konkurrenz zwischen der christlichen Kirche und den heidnischen Glaubensvorstellungen des Volkes. So bestrafte die Kirche den heidnischen Aberglauben bis zum 11. Jahrhundert mit Kirchenbußen. Danach wurden die sogenannten Ketzer zunehmend mit dem Tod bestraft. Ab dem 13. Jahrhundert wandte die Kirche das Inquisitionsverfahren zur ihrer Ausrottung an. Es kann ein Wandel des Volksglaubens und seiner magischen Elemente über Jahrhunderte hinweg festgestellt werden, der letztendlich in der Hervorbringung der ́Hexe ́ uferte. Mit ihm wandelte sich das Bild der ́Zauberin ́ zur ́Hexe ́ und fand seinen Höhepunkt in den Hexenverfolgungen der Neuzeit. In der Fachliteratur werden unterschiedliche Gründe für die Verfolgungen aufgeführt. Im ersten Kapitel dieser Arbeit wird kurz auf den theoretischen Hintergrund der Hexenforschung eingegangen. Der Hexenwahn des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit betraf alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche. Angefangen vom alltäglichen Leben des Volkes, bis hin zur Politik des Staates und der Theologie der christlichen Kirche. Aus diesem Grund wurde das Forschungsinteresse in unterschiedlichen Bereichen, beispielsweise der Geschichte, der Soziologie, der Anthropologie und der Psychologie, geweckt. Daraus ergeben sich Forschungskontroversen, auf die im Folgenden (Kap. 1.2) näher eingegangen wird. Das Vorstellungsbild der Hexe entwickelte sich aus dem Zusammenwirken der magischen Volkskultur sowie der scholastischen Hexenlehre. Besonders in Krisenzeiten geraten Menschen, die das jeweilige Werte- und Normensystem einer Gesellschaft nicht beachten, in den Fokus und werden aufgrund ihrer Andersartigkeit ausgegrenzt. Die Entstehung des Hexenstereotyps wird, aufbauend auf der Definition des Begriffs ́Hexe ́ im Kapitel 1.3, näher erläutert.

Mensch und Objekt im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit

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Publisher : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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Total Pages : 460 pages
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Women in Medieval History and Historiography

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 151280729X
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Book Synopsis Women in Medieval History and Historiography by : Susan Mosher Stuard

Download or read book Women in Medieval History and Historiography written by Susan Mosher Stuard and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was the status of women in the Middle Ages? How have women fared in the hands of historians? And, what is the current state of research about women in the Middle Ages? Susan Mosher Stuard addresses these questions in a collection of essays that delve in to the history and historiography of women in medieval England, France, Italy, and Germany. Contributors include Barbara Hanawalt, Diane Owen Hughes, Suzanne Wemple, Denise Kaiser, and Martha Howell. One of the most interesting observations made in Women in Medieval History and Historiography is the way in which the history of women in each country has followed a distinct course that is in rhythm with other concerns of national historical writing. Women in Medieval History and Historiography will interest historians, scholars of women's studies, and medievalists.

"Evil People"

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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813928389
Total Pages : 311 pages
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Book Synopsis "Evil People" by : Johannes Dillinger

Download or read book "Evil People" written by Johannes Dillinger and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by recent efforts to understand the dynamics of the early modern witch hunt, Johannes Dillinger has produced a powerful synthesis based on careful comparisons. Narrowing his focus to two specific regions—Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier—he provides a nuanced explanation of how the tensions between state power and communalism determined the course of witch hunts that claimed over 1,300 lives in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany. Dillinger finds that, far from representing the centralizing aggression of emerging early states against local cultures, witch hunts were almost always driven by members of the middling and lower classes in cities and villages, and they were stopped only when early modern states acquired the power to control their localities. Situating his study in the context of a pervasive magical worldview that embraced both orthodox Christianity and folk belief, Dillinger shows that, in some cases, witch trials themselves were used as magical instruments, designed to avert threats of impending divine wrath. "Evil People" describes a two-century evolution in which witch hunters who liberally bestowed the label "evil people" on others turned into modern images of evil themselves. In the original German, "Evil People" won the Friedrich Spee Award as an outstanding contribution to the history of witchcraft.

Phantom Armies of the Night

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 159477806X
Total Pages : 287 pages
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Book Synopsis Phantom Armies of the Night by : Claude Lecouteux

Download or read book Phantom Armies of the Night written by Claude Lecouteux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the many forms of the ancient myth of the Wild Hunt and its influence in pagan and early Christian Europe • Recounts the myriad variations of this legend, from the Cursed Huntsman and King Herla to phantom armies and vast processions of sinners and demons • Explains how this belief was an integral part of the pagan worldview and was thus employed by the church to spread Christian doctrine • Reveals how the secret societies of medieval Europe reenacted these ghostly processions for soul travel and prophecies of impending death Once upon a time a phenomenon existed in medieval Europe that continuously fueled local lore: during the long winter nights a strange and unknown troop could be heard passing outside over the land or through the air. Anyone caught by surprise in the open fields or depths of the woods would see a bizarre procession of demons, giants, hounds, ladies of the night, soldiers, and knights, some covered in blood and others carrying their heads beneath their arms. This was the Wild or Infernal Hunt, the host of the damned, the phantom army of the night--a theme that still inspires poets, writers, and painters to this day. Millennia older than Christianity, this pagan belief was employed by the church to spread their doctrine, with the shapeshifters' and giants of the pagan nightly processions becoming sinners led by demons seeking out unwary souls to add to their retinues. Myth or legend, it represents a belief that has deep roots in Europe, particularly Celtic and Scandinavian countries. The first scholar to fully examine this myth in each of its myriad forms, Claude Lecouteux strips away the Christian gloss and shows how the Wild Hunt was an integral part of the pagan worldview and the structure of their societies. Additionally, he looks at how secret societies of medieval Europe reenacted these ghostly processions through cult rituals culminating in masquerades and carnival-like cavalcades often associated with astral doubles, visions of the afterlife, belief in multiple souls, and prophecies of impending death. He reveals how the nearly infinite variations of this myth are a still living, evolving tradition that offers us a window into the world in which our ancestors lived.

A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany

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Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804741699
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Book Synopsis A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany by : H. C. Erik Midelfort

Download or read book A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany written by H. C. Erik Midelfort and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magisterial work explores how Renaissance Germans understood and experienced madness. It focuses on the insanity of the world in general but also on specific disorders; examines the thinking on madness of theologians, jurists, and physicians; and analyzes the vernacular ideas that propelled sufferers to seek help in pilgrimage or newly founded hospitals for the helplessly disordered. In the process, the author uses the history of madness as a lens to illuminate the history of the Renaissance, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the history of poverty and social welfare, and the history of princely courts, state building, and the civilizing process. Rather than try to fit historical experience into modern psychiatric categories, this book reconstructs the images and metaphors through which Renaissance Germans themselves understood and experienced mental illness and deviance, ranging from such bizarre conditions as St. Vitus’s dance and demonic possession to such medical crises as melancholy and mania. By examining the records of shrines and hospitals, where the mad went for relief, we hear the voices of the mad themselves. For many religious Germans, sin was a form of madness and the sinful world was thoroughly insane. This book compares the thought of Martin Luther and the medical-religious reformer Paracelsus, who both believed that madness was a basic category of human experience. For them and others, the sixteenth century was an age of increasing demonic presence; the demon-possessed seemed to be everywhere. For Renaissance physicians, however, the problem was finding the correct ancient Greek concepts to describe mental illness. In medical terms, the late sixteenth century was the age of melancholy. For jurists, the customary insanity defense did not clarify whether melancholy persons were responsible for their actions, and they frequently solicited the advice of physicians. Sixteenth-century Germany was also an age of folly, with fools filling a major role in German art and literature and present at every prince and princeling’s court. The author analyzes what Renaissance Germans meant by folly and examines the lives and social contexts of several court fools.

"An Unusual Inquisition"

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900442380X
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Book Synopsis "An Unusual Inquisition" by : Christopher S. Mackay

Download or read book "An Unusual Inquisition" written by Christopher S. Mackay and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Unusual Inquisition contains the translations of a number of documents illustrating the witch hunting career of Henricus Institoris, the main author of the Malleus Maleficarum.

Communicating with the Spirits

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Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 6155053561
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Book Synopsis Communicating with the Spirits by : Éva Pócs

Download or read book Communicating with the Spirits written by Éva Pócs and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the problem of communication with the other world: the phenomenon of spirit possession and its changing historical interpretations, the imaginary schemes elaborated for giving accounts of the journeys to the other world, for communicating with the dead, and finally the historical archetypes of this kind of religious manifestation—trance prophecy, divination, and shamanism.Recognized historians and ethnologists analyze the relationship, coexistence and conflicts of popular belief systems, Judeo-Christian mythology and demonology in medieval and modern Europe. The essays address links between rites and beliefs, folklore and literature; the legacy of various pre-Christian mythologies; the syncretic forms of ancient, medieval and modern belief- and rite-systems; "pure" examples from religious-ethnological research outside Europe to elucidate European problems.

Confessionalization in Europe, 1555–1700

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351949756
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Confessionalization in Europe, 1555–1700 by : John M. Headley

Download or read book Confessionalization in Europe, 1555–1700 written by John M. Headley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessionalization in Europe, 1555-1700 brings together a closely-focused set of essays by leading scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe, in memory of Bodo Nischan. They address what historians of the Early Modern period have recently come to define as the pre-eminent issue in the history of the Reformation, as they turn their emphases from the earlier part of the 16th century to the relatively neglected latter half of the century. By the time of his death Bodo Nischan had distinguished himself as a significant contributor to this central problem of confessionalization. The concept involves the practice of 'confession building' which in relation to that of 'social disciplining', promoted interrelated processes contributing decisively to the formation of confessional churches, greater social cohesion, and the emergence of the Early Modern absolute state. Many religious practices, earlier considered as adiaphora (indifferent matters), now became treated as marks of demarcation between the emerging Protestant confessional churches and at the same time politicized as the early modern state sought to impose greater social control. Through the analysis of such liturgical, ritual, and ceremonial practices Nischan helped show the way towards a better understanding of the Reformation's engagement with the people. These are the themes treated in this volume.

Acta Ethnographica Hungarica

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Studies on Western Esotericism in Central and Eastern Europe

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Publisher : JATEPress Kiadó
ISBN 13 : 9633153972
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Book Synopsis Studies on Western Esotericism in Central and Eastern Europe by : Nemanja Radulović

Download or read book Studies on Western Esotericism in Central and Eastern Europe written by Nemanja Radulović and published by JATEPress Kiadó. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers examine how occult and esoteric themes appear in visual and verbal media, connecting to intellectual history, literature, the arts, present day pop culture, and religious practices. The topics range from the witchcraft motives in the love poetry of the 15th-century Humanist poet, Conrad Celtis; through the activities of Polish and Russian theosophists; Croatian, Greek, Polish painters of the spiritual; the philosophy of wine by the Hungarian esoteric philosopher Béla Hamvas; to contemporary Serbian magic and neo-shamanism. Two studies touch upon the influence of Freemasonry and the Kabbalah in Western esotericism, and, although these are not specifically Central European topics, they provide parallel perspectives to what the other papers of the collection are investigating.

Vanities of the Eye

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Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191562092
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Book Synopsis Vanities of the Eye by : Stuart Clark

Download or read book Vanities of the Eye written by Stuart Clark and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterised as uncertain or paradoxical - mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? Stuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time - from the fantasies and hallucinations of melancholia, to the illusions of magic, art, demonic deceptions, and witchcraft. The truth and function of religious images and the authenticity of miracles and visions were also questioned with new vigour, affecting such contemporary works as Macbeth - a play deeply concerned with the dangers of visual illusion. Clark also contends that there was a close connection between these debates and the ways in which philosophers such as Descartes and Hobbes developed new theories on the relationship between the real and virtual. Original, highly accessible, and a major contribution to our understanding of European culture, Vanities of the Eye will be of great interest to a wide range of historians and anyone interested in the true nature of seeing.

Witch Politics in Early Modern Europe (1400–1800)

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 365841412X
Total Pages : 763 pages
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Book Synopsis Witch Politics in Early Modern Europe (1400–1800) by : Stephan Quensel

Download or read book Witch Politics in Early Modern Europe (1400–1800) written by Stephan Quensel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does an entire society believe that there are witches who must be burned? What roles did the emerging 'state', the professions of clerics and jurists, and the public involved play in each case? And how could this project be completed? From a sociological point of view, the findings of recent international research on witches provide a model of a more general, highly ambivalent, 'pastoral' attitude, according to which a shepherd has to care for the welfare of his flock as well as for its erring sheep. The first main part describes the clerical initial situation, which developed the 'Dominican' demonological model of witchcraft on the basis of the still dominant magico-religious mentality in the 15th century. A model, according to the second part of the book, which then in the course of the 16th century in Western Europe increasingly fell into the hands of the not so innocent jurists. From there it developed into a legal witch persecution that realized the early European witch model from the village witch to the mass persecutions to the late child witches. The third part describes how witch persecutions slowly became less important towards the end of the 17th century as a general witchcraft 'politics' game in the transition from a confessional state to a (court) 'civil service' state.

The Apostolic See and the Jews

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Total Pages : 196 pages
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Book Synopsis The Apostolic See and the Jews by : Shlomo Simonsohn

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The Scandal of The Scandals

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Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1642291137
Total Pages : 269 pages
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Book Synopsis The Scandal of The Scandals by : Manfred Lütz

Download or read book The Scandal of The Scandals written by Manfred Lütz and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahatma Gandhi once chided a Christian friend, "All you Christians, missionaries and all, must begin to live more like Jesus Christ." And what Christian among us would disagree with him? After the holy wars and witch-hunts, after persecutions and political machinations, there is a broad sense today that the Church, however well-meaning, is on the wrong side of history. But do we really know our history? In this collaboration with historian Arnold Angenendt, best-selling German author Manfred Lütz dares to show us what contemporary historians actually say about Christianity's track record over the ages. This detailed overview begins with the ancient pagans, passing through Israel, the early Church martyrs, Constantine's Rome, the reign of Charlemagne, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Reformation, the Borgia popes, the Galileo affair, the conquistadores, the French Revolution, the slave trade, the Holocaust, the sex abuse crisis, and more. The Scandal of the Scandals separates myth from fact, giving us a candid portrait of Christendom with its scars and all. Prepare to be amazed at how little you really knew about Christianity.

Mysticism, Magic and Kabbalah in Ashkenazi Judaism

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110871750
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Book Synopsis Mysticism, Magic and Kabbalah in Ashkenazi Judaism by : Karl Erich Grözinger

Download or read book Mysticism, Magic and Kabbalah in Ashkenazi Judaism written by Karl Erich Grözinger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921–2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

Private Domain, Public Inquiry

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Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
ISBN 13 : 9789065504272
Total Pages : 278 pages
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Book Synopsis Private Domain, Public Inquiry by : Anton Schuurman

Download or read book Private Domain, Public Inquiry written by Anton Schuurman and published by Uitgeverij Verloren. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: