"From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches…
"From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches…
"From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches…
"From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches…
"From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, Mark A. Waddell explores the rich and complex ways that premodern people made sense of their world. He describes a time when witches…
"This volume offers eighteen studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. With analysis of sources from manuscripts and archival documents to iconography, and drawing on writings…
The tree of the Bourlémonts : gendered beliefs in fairies and their transmission from old to young women in Joan of Arc's Domrémy / Andrea Maraschi -- The rejuvenating blood : Marsilio Ficino and the witches / Marina Montesano -- The circulation and exchange of ideas, myths, leg…
"This volume offers eighteen studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. With analysis of sources from manuscripts and archival documents to iconography, and drawing on writings…
This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. The chapters traverse a broad spectrum both chronologically and thematically; yet together, their shared focus …
The tree of the Bourlémonts : gendered beliefs in fairies and their transmission from old to young women in Joan of Arc's Domrémy / Andrea Maraschi -- The rejuvenating blood : Marsilio Ficino and the witches / Marina Montesano -- The circulation and exchange of ideas, myths, leg…
"This volume offers eighteen studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. With analysis of sources from manuscripts and archival documents to iconography, and drawing on writings…
"This volume offers eighteen studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. With analysis of sources from manuscripts and archival documents to iconography, and drawing on writings…