The Church Fathers and intellectuals made the distinction between the miracle of the relics and sacred words of the Bible, verba sacra….
Practical Texts in Difficult Situations: Bulgarian Medieval Charms as Apocrypha and Fachliteratur
November 20, 2011 By
The apocrypha are one of the most important phenomena of the Middle Ages. They provide a different perspective and a valuable insight to the mentality of the period.
How to Swing a Mouse: Intersections of Female and Feline in Medieval Europe
October 28, 2011 By
Though not persuasive enough by itself to forge a decisive affinity, similarity of physiology and temperament between women and cats did not escape notice in the Middle Ages.
The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture: Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700
October 25, 2011 By
The Ghost in Early Modern Protestant Culture:Shifting perceptions of the afterlife, 1450-1700 McKeever, Amanda Jane PhD Thesis, Philosophy, University of Sussex, September 27, (2010) Abstract My thesis seeks to address the continuity, change and the syncreticism of ideas regarding post-mortem existence in the wake of the Reformation. Prior to reform, the late Medieval world view […]
The Role of Women as Portrayed in the Malleus Maleficarum
October 23, 2011 By
“…and he shall rule over thee” The malleus maleficarum and the politics of misogyny, medicine, and midwifery (1484-present): A feminist historical inquiry
June 12, 2011 By
“…and he shall rule over thee” The malleus maleficarum and the politics of misogyny, medicine, and midwifery (1484-present): A feminist historical inquiry By Randeep Singh Chauhan Master’s Thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2005 Abstract: Despite shifts towards “secularism” in the Western world, women have consistently been the target of negative sentiment due to their historically and […]
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland
January 15, 2011 By
”There be yer figure, but where might yer soul be?” Conceptions Concerning Witches and Blåkulla in Sweden and Finland Eilola, Jari MIRATOR ELOKUU/AUGUSTI/AUGUST (2002) Abstract Swedes of the Early Modern Period referred to the nightly meetings of witches, the so-called witches’ sabbat, as Blåkulla. This name was also known in the western parts of Finland, […]
LABELING AND OPPRESSION: WITCHCRAFT IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
January 11, 2011 By
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 […]
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 […]
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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