Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England

Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England
Author: Charlotte-Rose Millar
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134769881

This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays the role of the Devil in English witchcraft and instead highlights the crucial role that the Devil, often in the form of a familiar spirit, took in English witchcraft belief. One of the key ways in which this book explores the role of the Devil is through emotions. Stories of witches were made up of a complex web of emotionally implicated accusers, victims, witnesses, and supposed perpetrators. They reveal a range of emotional experiences that do not just stem from malefic witchcraft but also, and primarily, from a witch’s links with the Devil. This book, then, has two main objectives. First, to suggest that English witchcraft pamphlets challenge our understanding of English witchcraft as a predominantly non-diabolical crime, and second, to highlight how witchcraft narratives emphasized emotions as the primary motivation for witchcraft acts and accusations.

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Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 776
Release: 1921
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Transformations of the Supernatural

Transformations of the Supernatural
Author: Petra Schoenenberger
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 383943775X

Daniel Defoe's work displays a keen interest in stories of supernatural encounters. Once considering how one might prove supernatural occurrences and whether one can trust eyewitness accounts, Defoe demonstrates that more is at stake. Like his contemporaries, Defoe wonders about the range of scientific insight, and about the moral and epistemological ramifications of unchallenged trust and faith. His transformations of the supernatural probe the boundaries of knowledge and evidence and play with the limits of cognition, emphasizing the inseparability of mind and emotion.

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Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 790
Release: 1921
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Witchcraft

Witchcraft
Author: Cornell University. Libraries
Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : KTO Press
Total Pages: 752
Release: 1977
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: