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The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe: Culture, Cognition and Everyday Life (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic) 2008th Edition

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Exploring the elements of reality in early modern witchcraft and popular magic, through a combination of detailed archival research and broad-ranging interdisciplinary analyses, this book complements and challenges existing scholarship, and offers unique insights into this murky aspect of early modern history.
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  3. Edition
    2008th
  4. Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan
  5. Publication date
    June 11, 2008
  6. Part of series
    Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    5.75 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
  9. Print length
    649 pages
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CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

Short listed for the Katharine Briggs Award 2009

"Bever has done a great service in bringing an extensive and relevant medical literature into witchcraft studies...a book which bravely challenges so many received ideas can only be good for us all." - European History Quarterly

"Bever's book is an exciting and provocative contribution to the study of magic and witchcraft. Reaching far beyond the usual material of history into the disciplines of psychology and neurophysiology, Bever has drawn conclusions both stunning and profound in a work that will move the field forward as surely as it will inspire debate." - Laura Strokes, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"Approaches such as Bever's are a vast improvement over an earlier approach to the witchcraft trials as manifestations of superstition, priestcraft, and bigotry that would flee when exposed to the light of science." - Chas S. Clifton, Nova Religio: TheJournal of Alternative and Emergent Religions

About the Author

EDWARD BEVER received his Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1983, USA. He was a software developer specializing in historical simulations before taking his present position as Professor of History at SUNY Old Westbury in 1997. He has published a book on African history and a number of articles on witchcraft and magic in Early Modern Europe.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1403997810
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan; 2008th edition (June 11, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 649 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781403997814
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1403997814
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.13 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Focusing on the Reality of Early Modern Witchcraft
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I found this to be bold and very interesting book, for several reasons. First, I warmly sympathize with its insistence on keeping a tight focus on the "reality question" in regard to popular magic and witchcraft. I realize that definitive answers will probably never be found, but still, it strikes me as by far the best question with which to think out such complex and puzzling phenomena. (In fact, when I used to teach a course on early modern witchcraft I centered it firmly on the "what was real in all this" question, and that turned out to fit in well with the concerns of my students). I moreover find its emphasis on the psychological dimensions of witchcraft very suggestive. In this regard it articulates things that much of the standard work on this subject-- which focuses understandably enough on the persecution of individuals and groups suspected of being witches, and not the experience of the persons accused of this crime--had only sensed, for example, the crucial role that dreams and dreaming played in this drama. The author seems to have read widely in several strands of technical literature, and by using it to shape a more general argument has done a general favor to us all. And I doubt that anyone would question the utility of having a clear and firm statement of this sort of approach out and available for public discussion. I would thus expect students of a wide range of subjects will wishto grapple with these arguments, and develop their own thoughts, either pro or contra. Which is indeed a solid contribution and accomplishment.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun read for history geeks
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Excellent level of detail and research, as a whole this is a much needed book in the history of witchcraft in Europe. Some of the conclusions seem a bit forced and the opinion of the author does clearly poke through the analysis at points but all in all an interesting read of witchcraft trails. I especially enjoyed the Reasearch into the supernatural milk theft.
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