Overview
- Examines the worldview and perceptions of reality that formed the setting for the witch trials in the Swedish province of Bohuslän
- Provides a unique insight into premodern worldviews
- Analyses the testimony of the defendants and the various accusations from neighbours and the court
Part of the book series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic (PHSWM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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The Bohuslän Witch Trials
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Dimensions of Reality
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Magical Domains
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Supernatural Powers
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“The book goes on to consider dreams, dreamt-up experiences, and ideas of shapeshifting (in order to sink ships at night) that were presented in the testimonies. Personally, I found this part of the book the most interesting and insightful, as it moved between examples of the porous boundaries and entangled layers of reality … .” (Raisa Maria Toivo, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol.76 (4), 2023)
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Book Title: Premodern Beliefs and Witch Trials in a Swedish Province, 1669-1672
Authors: Göran Malmstedt
Series Title: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76120-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76119-6Published: 16 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-76122-6Published: 17 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-76120-2Published: 15 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2731-5630
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 229
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Early Modern Europe, Cultural History, Social History