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PALGRAVE HISTORICAL STUDIES IN WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

J. Dillinger

Oprawa:
TWARDA

Wydawca:
Palgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN:
9780230000049

655,15 PLN
Wysyłamy w 28 dni

Opis produktu

The first comprehensive history of magical treasure hunting from the Middle Ages to the 20th century revealing a magical universe of treasure spirits and wizards who tried to deal with them. Combining history and anthropology this study sees treasure hunting as an expression of shifting economic mentalities and changing ideaIllustrations Abbreviations Introduction: Treasures and Magic The Treasure in Law and Early Archaeology Medieval Treasure Lore The Magical Treasure and Its Guardians Treasure Hunters Magic The Authorities Attitude towards Treasure Hunting The Social Background of Treasure Hunters Treasure Hunts in the 19th and 20th Centuries The Significance of Treasure Hunting: Past and Present ConclusThe pursuit of buried treasure was one of the favourite activities of ritual magicians of early modern Europe: indeed in some places and times such as parts of eighteenthcentury Germany it was the act of magic that most often brought individuals before the law courts. Nonetheless it has been neglected by historians of early modern Europe and so the appearance of a fulllength treatment of it is both timely and valuable. Johannes Dillinger is a good person for the job. ... a notable contribution ... Johannes Dillinger has neatly filled another portion of the history of European magic. Ronald Sutton Time and Mind/This is a fascinating and complex book and although scholarly is very accessible even just for the remarkable collection of narratives of treasure hunting expeditions. John Rimmer The Magonia Review of Books/...this book should be required reading for anyone interested in the field of early modern magic with a possible interest to those interested in various aspects of treasure folklore and Renaissance era law. Daniel Harms Papers Falling from an Attic Window/One of the most groundshifting books Ive ever read The first full treatment of the topic has yielded exciting results. Steve Fleming The Juvenile InstJOHANNES DILLINGER Teaches Early Modern History at the Universities of Mainz Germanyand Oxford Brookes UK. He has published extensively on the history of the estates peasant culture and magic. His work won him a number of prestigious awards and scholarships among others the Heisenberg Scholarship for outstanding researchers and the Spee Award for major contributions to the histor

Wymiary: 460 gr 140 mm 216 mm

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