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Introduction: Witchcraft; Witch Codes; Witch Act
2008This is the introductory chapter of this book, which examines either the codes (witch codes) that led to the formulation of the 1604 legislation, or those that circulated after the Act (Act of 1604) until its repeal in 1736. It sketches a hypothetical framework in order to examine some aspects of how the codes concerning witchcraft shifted, with ...
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2008
The idea that witches flew to Sabbaths to worship the Devil through a variety of obscene rites, including perversions of the Christian sacraments, came to play an increasingly prominent role in learned theories of witchcraft over the course of the fifteenth century, and became a crucial element in the early modern witch persecutions.1 It transformed an
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The idea that witches flew to Sabbaths to worship the Devil through a variety of obscene rites, including perversions of the Christian sacraments, came to play an increasingly prominent role in learned theories of witchcraft over the course of the fifteenth century, and became a crucial element in the early modern witch persecutions.1 It transformed an
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Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 2009
This essay compares witchcraft beliefs and witch-hunting structures in urban areas of the early modern German empire and rural areas. It concludes that, although urban witch hunts certainly did occur, overall witchcraft and the persecution of witches was a predominantly rural phenomenon.
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This essay compares witchcraft beliefs and witch-hunting structures in urban areas of the early modern German empire and rural areas. It concludes that, although urban witch hunts certainly did occur, overall witchcraft and the persecution of witches was a predominantly rural phenomenon.
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When we think about the academic institution, where is the witch? Equally, when we think about the witch, where is the academic institution? And why is it that, although cultural representations of witches “coming into” their witching frequently imagine this initiation happening in the classroom, the scholarly study of witches rarely acknowledges a ...
Schaller, Karen, Charnock, Ruth
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Schaller, Karen, Charnock, Ruth
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This chapter explores why a number of feminists in Ireland have reclaimed the witch as a symbol of empowerment in an attempt to resist the patriarchal society that they feel exists withinthe country. Many people have experienced or witnessed violence and harm caused by family members, the Irish State, and/or the Catholic Church.
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From “Born This Witch” to “Bad Bitch Witch”:
Historically a ghoulish figure that encapsulates all the patriarchy's fears of independent women, the witch has been reclaimed in recently by feminists who reimagine her as either a symbol of women's empowerment or an allegory for their persecution.Jaime Hartless, Gabriella V. Smith
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