Male witches in early modern Europe /
Apps, Lara,
Male witches in early modern Europe / Lara Apps and Andrew Gow. - 1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
Invisible men: the historian and the male witch -- Secondary targets? Male witches on trial -- Tortured confessions: agency and selfhood at stake -- Literally unthinkable? Demonological descriptions of male witches -- Conceptual webs: the gendering of witchcraft -- Conclusion and afterword -- Appendix. Johannes Junius: Bamberg's famous male witch.
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Gender at stake critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challenge the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. The book shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. The authors analyse ideas about witches and witch prosecution as gendered artefacts of patriarchal societies under which both women and men suffered. They challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies by applying crucial insights from feminist scholarship on gender to a selection of statistical arguments, social-historical explanations, traditional feminist history and primary sources, including trial records and demonological literature. The authors assessment of current orthodoxies concerning the causes and origins of witch-hunting will be of particular interest to scholars and students in undergraduate and graduate courses in early modern history, religion, culture, gender studies and methodology.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
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2010.
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English.
1417574755 9781417574759 9781847790187 1847790186
341354
JSTOR purchased
DOAB CostFree FormOnline AccessOpen GovNo 22573/ctt15547mq JSTOR
2002045168
GBA316006 bnb GBB7A0103 bnb
018370734 Uk
Witchcraft--History.--Europe
Warlocks--History.--Europe
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Occultism.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Warlocks.
Witchcraft.
Hexenverfolgung
Magier
Heksen.
Mannen.
Europe.
Europa.
Multi-User.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
BF1584.E85 / A66 2003eb
133.4/081094
Male witches in early modern Europe / Lara Apps and Andrew Gow. - 1 online resource (ix, 190 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.
Invisible men: the historian and the male witch -- Secondary targets? Male witches on trial -- Tortured confessions: agency and selfhood at stake -- Literally unthinkable? Demonological descriptions of male witches -- Conceptual webs: the gendering of witchcraft -- Conclusion and afterword -- Appendix. Johannes Junius: Bamberg's famous male witch.
Use copy Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; Open Access
Gender at stake critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting as well as their explanations for this complex and perplexing phenomenon. The authors insist on the centrality of gender, tradition and ideas about witches in the construction of the witch as a dangerous figure. They challenge the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. The book shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right, in some regions, more men were accused than women. The authors analyse ideas about witches and witch prosecution as gendered artefacts of patriarchal societies under which both women and men suffered. They challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies by applying crucial insights from feminist scholarship on gender to a selection of statistical arguments, social-historical explanations, traditional feminist history and primary sources, including trial records and demonological literature. The authors assessment of current orthodoxies concerning the causes and origins of witch-hunting will be of particular interest to scholars and students in undergraduate and graduate courses in early modern history, religion, culture, gender studies and methodology.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English.
1417574755 9781417574759 9781847790187 1847790186
341354
JSTOR purchased
DOAB CostFree FormOnline AccessOpen GovNo 22573/ctt15547mq JSTOR
2002045168
GBA316006 bnb GBB7A0103 bnb
018370734 Uk
Witchcraft--History.--Europe
Warlocks--History.--Europe
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Occultism.
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
Warlocks.
Witchcraft.
Hexenverfolgung
Magier
Heksen.
Mannen.
Europe.
Europa.
Multi-User.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
BF1584.E85 / A66 2003eb
133.4/081094