LABELING AND OPPRESSION: WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Campbell, Mary Ann (Washington University) Mid-American Review of Sociology, V ol. III, No.2 Abstract The attempt here is to understand the social conditions and processes through which witches were labeled, hunted and persecuted in Europe during the Middle Ages. An historical analysis, utilizing anthropological accounts; Church doctrines and handbooks […]
Mythologies of Witchcraft in the Fifteenth Century
January 10, 2011 By
Mythologies of Witchcraft in the Fifteenth Century Kieckhefer, Richard Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer (2006) Abstract The European witch trials that began in the fifteenth century have been explained in many ways, but always assuming that witchcraft was a unified concept. Work on the history of witchcraft has come to a […]
Witches, Saints, and Heretics: Heinrich Kramer’s Ties with Italian Women Mystics
January 10, 2011 By
Witches, Saints, and Heretics: Heinrich Kramer’s Ties with Italian Women Mystics: Heinrich Kramer’s Ties with Italian Women Mystics Herzig, Tamar (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, Volume 1, Number 1, Summer (2006) Abstract In the late Middle Ages, mystical sainthood was often defined as antithetical to diabolic witchcraft. Whereas the saintly female mystic was […]
REVIEW: “Season of the Witch”
January 7, 2011 By
Sandra: We had the misfortune of watching Nicholas Cage (at his “finest” – yet again), and Ron Perlman in the newly released film, “Season of the Witch”. Think “Van Helsing” and part “Hellboy” in medieval costume, with some Dungeons & Dragons dialogue thrown in for good measure…. The story starts with our heroes, Cage and […]
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES
January 4, 2011 By
WITCHES IN BALTIC FAIRY TALES Gliwa, Bernd Onomasiology Online 4 (2003) Abstract The following article discusses names for witches in Lithuanian and Latvian fairy tales. For Lith. ragana, Latv. ragana the common etymological reconstruction *‘seeress’ is rejected. Instead, Balt. *ragana is derived from Balt. *rag- ‘to raise, rise’ < I.-E. *re -,*ro – ‘to move straight, […]
“Charity Refused and Curses Uttered in Chaucer’s Friar’s Tale”
January 4, 2011 By
“Charity Refused and Curses Uttered in Chaucer’s Friar’s Tale” Culver, Jennifer Hortulus, Vol. 4, No. 1, (2008) Abstract This article illustrates how the widow from Chaucer’s Friar’s Tale closely resembles the hag figure of the witch and analyzes the scene with her curses through the Early Modern English model of charity refused developed by Alan Macfarlane. Then […]
Witchcraft and Women in Medieval Christianity
November 18, 2010 By
Witches and vampires draw much attention on Halloween day, in the Harry Potter novels, and in vampire movies. Whether or not they believe in them in a religious sense, many people nowadays simply assume that sort of world and witchcraft might exist somewhere
Witches and «bitches»: genderised laughter in medieval comic tales
October 31, 2010 By
From Greek myth to medieval witches: infertile women as monstrous and evil
October 31, 2010 By
From Greek myth to medieval witches: infertile women as monstrous and evil McGuire, Linda Interdisciplinary.net Abstract In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal bull declaring “witches” as heretics. Shortly after the idea of a witch became gender-related to women and the stereotype of a witch that of an elderly and dangerous woman. The exact […]
Maleficae et Maledictae Feminae: Fourteenth-Century Sources for Key Feature of the Learned Interpretation of Witchcraft in Italy at the End of the Middle Ages
June 22, 2010 By
Maleficae et Maledictae Feminae: Fourteenth-Century Sources for Key Feature of the Learned Interpretation of Witchcraft in Italy at the End of the Middle Ages Session: Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century By Fabrizio Conti, Central European University This paper discusses Italian witchcraft in the 14th and 15th centuries. Demons were invoked for many […]
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon
June 20, 2010 By
Trials for Sorcery in Early Fourteenth-Century Avignon Session:Politics, Condemnation, and Sorcery in the Fourteenth Century By Robert Ticknor, Tulane University This paper dealt with the question of magic and sorcery and the bridge between abstract theological questions and actual magic. The general category of magic is crucial to the understanding cultural mores in societies. Magic […]
Season of the Witch
April 7, 2010 By
Season of the Witch Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee Release date: (March 19, 2010) Medieval knight Behmen undertakes a mission pitting him against a devious witch and making him the last hope for the world against an ancient and dark force. His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behmen returns to […]
The Terror of History: The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe
December 30, 2008 By
Professor Ruiz discusses the witch craze of medieval and Early Modern Europe.
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