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The uses of supernatural power: the transformation of popular religion in medieval and early-modern Europe
The uses of supernatural power: the transformation of popular religion in medieval and early-modern Europe
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Klaniczay, Gábor
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
c1990
Language
English
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The carnival spirit
Religious movements and Christian culture
Fashionable beards and heretic rags
From sacral kingship to self-representation
Legends as life-strategies for aspirant saints in the later Middle Ages
The cult of dynastic saints in central Europe
Shamanistic elements in central European witchcraft
Witch-hunting in Hungary
The decline of witches and the rise of vampires under the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy.
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Church history
Cult
Europe, Central -- Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Heresies, Christian
Heresies, Christian -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
History
Magic
Magic -- Central Europe -- History
Saints
Saints -- Central Europe -- Cult
Witchcraft
Witchcraft -- Central Europe -- History
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Contributors
Margolis, Karen
ISBN
9780691073774
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