Die Salemer Hexenverfolgungen
Author : Winfried Herget
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Salem (Mass.)
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Author : Winfried Herget
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Salem (Mass.)
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Author : Johannes Dillinger
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2009-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0813928389
Inspired by recent efforts to understand the dynamics of the early modern witch hunt, Johannes Dillinger has produced a powerful synthesis based on careful comparisons. Narrowing his focus to two specific regions—Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier—he provides a nuanced explanation of how the tensions between state power and communalism determined the course of witch hunts that claimed over 1,300 lives in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Germany. Dillinger finds that, far from representing the centralizing aggression of emerging early states against local cultures, witch hunts were almost always driven by members of the middling and lower classes in cities and villages, and they were stopped only when early modern states acquired the power to control their localities. Situating his study in the context of a pervasive magical worldview that embraced both orthodox Christianity and folk belief, Dillinger shows that, in some cases, witch trials themselves were used as magical instruments, designed to avert threats of impending divine wrath. "Evil People" describes a two-century evolution in which witch hunters who liberally bestowed the label "evil people" on others turned into modern images of evil themselves. In the original German, "Evil People" won the Friedrich Spee Award as an outstanding contribution to the history of witchcraft.
Author : David M. Whitford
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1935503642
Continuing the tradition of historiographic studies, this volume provides an update on research in Reformation and early modern Europe. Written by expert scholars in the field, these eighteen essays explore the fundamental points of Reformation and early modern history in religious studies, European regional studies, and social and cultural studies. Authors review the present state of research in the field, new trends, key issues scholars are working with, and fundamental works in their subject area, including the wide range of electronic resources now available to researchers. Reformation and Early Modern Europe: A Guide to Research is a valuable resource for students and scholars of early modern Europe.
Author : H.C. Erik Midelfort
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2024-10-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1040234054
H.C. Erik Midelfort has carved out a reputation for innovative work on early modern German history, with a particular focus on the social history of ideas and religion. This collection pulls together some of his best work on the related subjects of witchcraft, the history of madness and psychology, demonology, exorcism, and the social history of religious change in early modern Europe. Several of the pieces reprinted here constitute reviews of recent scholarly literature on their topics, while others offer sharp departures from conventional wisdom. A critique of Michel Foucault’s view of the history of madness proved both stimulating but irritating to Foucault’s most faithful readers, so it is reprinted here along with a short retrospective comment by the author. Another focus of this collection is the social history of the Holy Roman Empire, where towns, peasants, and noble families developed different perceptions of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and of the options the religious revolutions of the sixteenth century offered. Finally, this collection also brings together articles which show how Freudian psychoanalysis and academic sociology have filtered and interpreted the history of early modern Germany.
Author : J.E. Force
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9401724261
Over the past twenty-five years - since the very large collection of Newton's papers became available and began to be seriously examined - the beginnings of a new picture of Newton has emerged. This volume of essays builds upon the foundation of its authors in their previous works and extends and elaborates the emerging picture of the `new' Newton, the great synthesizer of science and religion as revealed in his intellectual context.
Author : J.E. Force
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1402022387
Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, & the history of Newtonian scholarship are topics included in the eleven essays that comprise this volume.
Author : J. Barry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0230593488
This is the first book to offer a detailed modern survey of Witchcraft historiography. By using a broad chronological structure, from contemporary responses through to modern day, the book draws on contributions from a range of leading experts in the field to provide a much-needed overview of the area.
Author : Linda Jean Lee
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Fabian Fuchs
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 3640729285
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - and. Länder - Mittelalter, Frühe Neuzeit, Note: 2,0, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg (Lehrstuhl für Neuere Geschichte), Veranstaltung: Hexenverfolgung im frühneuzeitlichen Europa, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Salemer Hexenverfolgungen von 1692 stellen ein wichtiges und einzigartiges Ereignis in der Geschichte Nordamerikas dar. Bei den Prozessen wurden ungefähr 20 Menschen als vermeintliche Hexen zum Tode verurteilt und gehängt. Im Vergleich zu den massiven Hexenverfolgungen in Europa könnte man die Fälle in Salem als unwesentlich abtun, aber sie unterscheiden sich von den europäischen Exzessen in einigen Punkten. Die geistige Basis der Hexenjagden in Europa war der "Malleus Maleficarum" (Hexenhammer), der den Verfolgern Kriterien und Instruktionen für das Erkennen, die Wirkung und das Foltern von Hexen an die Hand gab. Dieser wurde in Nordamerika nicht verwendet. Außerdem wurden die Verfolgungen und Prozesse von der Salemer Stadt- und Dorfgemeinschaft organisiert, wohingegen in Europa hauptsächlich die Kirche dafürverantwortlich war. Diese Hausarbeit untersucht den Einfluss der puritanischen Geistlichen auf den Ausbruch der Salemer Hexenprozesse. Einerseits werde ich die Schriften und Werke dreier dieser Personen vorstellen und analysieren, inwieweit sie magisches und die Hexerei betreffendes Gedankengut enthalten und wie dieses die Bücher und Predigten rezipierende Bevölkerung in Neuengland beeinflusst hat. Das damalige Gemeinwesen Salems war puritanisch geführt und organisiert, und der Einfluss dieser christlichen Reformbewegung auf das gesellschaftliche Leben war hoch. Die Fragestellung ist nun diejenige, ob puritanische Geistliche die Hauptverantwortlichen für den Ausbruch der Verfolgungen sind, ob sie als Opfer selbst darunter zu leiden hatten oder ob sich beides die Waage hält. Zuerst werde ich einen kurzen Abriss über die Geschichte und Herkunft des Puritanismus geben. Danach betrachte
Author : Gerhard Hoffmann (Dr. phil.)
Publisher : Universitatsverlag Winter
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
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